“That said, I doubt the Holiday Inn will provide help with lifting, toileting assistance, bathing, medications and such.”
Medicare and Visiting Angels would take care of it,
YUP
Nine years ago, we tried Visiting Angels for awhile to keep my mom in her home. It was $20.00 an hour back then. My mom needed care 24/7 so $480.00 per day. Medicare wouldn't cover a dime.
It's truly frightening what elder care costs. I tried doing it myself in our home for six months until my own health began to fail. The word exhaustion doesn't even come close to describing what one on one care, all day, everyday, does to a person.
“That said, I doubt the Holiday Inn will provide help with lifting, toileting assistance, bathing, medications and such.”
Medicare and Visiting Angels would take care of it,
Retired home health R.N., here. Actually, Medicare will NOT pay for most of that. They’ll pay for a home health aide to come in and bathe someone who is unable or unsafe bathing himself one or two times per week, IF the person has a need for a licensed nurse to see them for a medical reason, a couple of times a month. They will NOT pay for housekeeping, medication administration (except for injections), toileting or lifting (except during the one or two times per week the bath aide is there, already.
Of course, if you can afford it, you can personally pay for an agency home health aide to come in and bathe someone every day, etc, for as many hours as you can afford. With many states having $15/hour minimum wage, an agency would probably charge anywhere from $50 - $100 an hour, for that. (They’re in the business to make a profit).
Another option is to hire someone privately, who does not work for any agency, but on his or her own. In some states, that would have to be an under the table sort of thing. In any state, to do it above board, you’d be paying into social security, etc., like any other employer.
Sorry to be a wet blanket, (no pun intended). I’m not much fun at parties, either.
One burrito and the toilet schedule for visiting angles is blown all to hell.