Well, mom is having some additional issues now...already :( I was hoping we'd have more time before this started. I'll just say I bought a carpet cleaner and a bedside toilet last week. Only two rooms in our house still have carpet, hers, and our office. I'm thinking maybe linoleum? I wonder how hard it is to install. Later we could put the other flooring I've already bought down in there. I think we really need to see an MD soon, perhaps a neurologist and a gastroenterologist. I think she needs some more help. I got her first prescription since her medicaid ended...YOWZAA! $50 for a generic. :( I dont even want to know what her others will be when its time to get them refilled. I need to talk to Region 8 about getting back in their prescription aid plan. Though its one of the things that will probably be 100% cut in the state's next budget year. At least it would get us to July.
I read this morning that the tough economic times are making states rethink Medicaid period. MS is looking at pushing the "stay at home" care for people instead of nursing homes b/c it costs 1/3 of the $ to keep someone in their home vs 24/7 skilled care. I wonder what that will mean for the elders in Ms that dont have a home to live in? Tx is talking about opting out of Medicaid totally. Wow. What will the poor and the elderly do in Tx?
Ive been googling and reading up about end of life arrangements. Since mom cant make those descions on her own, I get to now. I think that maybe I should pre arrange some stuff. I dont know. All this is so hard!
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