[sickoflibs]

RE :”When my dear 92-year-old father was on a home hospice program in my home for the last 2 1/2 years of his life, the program (funded by Medicare) sent in CNA’s who were kind, dedicated, competent, and doing physically demanding, essential services for my very debilitated father. I was dismayed to find out they themselves were getting almost no benefits, and really low wages”

Medicare or medicaid?
Once again I don’t think medicare pays for long term nursing care, that is medicaid when all the patient’s and his/her spouses assets are gone.

Here in Maryland a nursing home charges $6K a month or $72K per year to medicaid. But of course the state government drives up the cost of labor without getting better service. Better to get a private contractor who wants to work off the books.

So this German idea might not be bad.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Actually, now that you mention it, I don’t know if it was Medicare or Medicaid (Tenncare?) They somehow worked it though the Tricities (TN) regional medical center (Mountain States Health Alliance.)