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Hospice services are covered by Medicare, room and board is not. If a person qualifies for Medicaid, then Medicaid pays for room and board. Here, in Massachusetts, nursing homes cost over $500 per day.......for half of a room. The people who work in the nursing home where my mom resides work very hard to provide good care, but I don't understand why it costs so much per day. Helping my parents in their end of life journey has certainly been eye-opening.
I guess my mother is getting a "bargain" at $210 a day nursing care, which is $6300 for a 31-day month (in the Cincinnati area). I understand they are even less in some of the Gulf/south central states. I grew up in the NYC area (NE NJ), so I'm certain they're a lot more expensive there, as BarbBrooklyn and others have mentioned. When my father had hospice care, this was in the nursing home, too, and I'm not aware of additional charges but my sister handles the paperwork. I wasn't even aware he was on hospice until I asked about the fancy blue mattress he was on.
Like others have said, in-home hospice care is covered by Medicare 100% (including some meds, like heart meds). A facility stay is not. Medicare will cover 5-day respite care stay in a nursing home while someone is receiving in-home hospice care, but that is it.
@Katie22 this us exactly what happened with my mother! Thank goodness she was paralyzed from the waist down, so she couldn't feel the bedsore that was so bad you could see her bone :( they never took care of her, they didn't turn her, and we didn't understand the problem with the broken hospice system until it was too late.
Just saw this message after having a nice talk with my sister in law about hospice care for her husband. They live in North Carolina and her husband received hospice care at home all paid for by Medicare. It makes me wonder: Does it make a difference where one lives? Rules are different in different states, I suppose.
My dad was transferred by the VA Hospital in Houston to Houston Hospice. I was told that Medicare would pay for everything and I never even saw a bill. I don’t understand why it was that way and you are having to pay. Can someone explain? My heart goes out for you in this difficult time. I could not bring my father to my house because I have a son with autism and could not care for both in the same place.
Hospice Care is not the same as nursing home care. And it also depends on if the hospice unit is located inside a hospital. If it is located inside a hospital, then Medicare parts A and B would cover the cost. But if it is a private facility, then regular Insurance rules don't apply. Private facilities are not obligated to accept any type of insurance. They can be strictly private pay.
I was so angry at nursing homes failures when Mom was in for rehab stints and the audacity to charge these prices when they let people lie there with soiled briefs getting bedsores and feeding them hot dogs in what were rated 5 star facilities by Medicare, that I took my Mom home for 7 months on hospice. The hospice part is paid by Medicare but the room is not. The nursing home system in this country is broken. One can tell something is wrong when you would be better off booking a cruise ship cabin with a nurse to care for you.
In my case, where my husband was the patient, they accepted the full amount of his Social Security check, which was sent directly to the nursing home. They accepted it "Medicaid Pending," meaning that if the Social Security check did not go to them, they would use his Social Security. I think they also used his S.S. until Medicaid did kick in. I used this method because a nurse on our hospice team had done that for her mother. The nursing home staff showed me how to do it. Since my income was a little higher than my husband's, i was able to manage. Those were difficult days. Best wishes to you.
My mom was admitted to the hospital as an emergency and transferred to the hospice on another floor for 6 days until her passing (in NY). Medicare did cover it this so maybe it depends on where.
In my experience, Hospice was free. The facility a person uses while under Hospice is not. Often they are home. IF they are in a NH, or ALF, whatever, they still have to pay the cost of the facility.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Medicare but the room is not. The nursing home system in this country is broken. One can tell something is wrong when you would be better off booking a cruise ship cabin with a nurse to care for you.