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badhair77

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3. In 2020 we had hospice care for my husband.
Thu Apr 7, 2022, 03:03 PM
Apr 2022

He was bedfast and I had to do his daily hygiene and feeding. The hospice people were wonderful but I needed more help. An aide came 3 times a week for an hour. The nurse came once a week or whenever we had a crisis. Basically I was 24/7 till he passed. He had long term care insurance but we had to have the care providers approved and set up. They were scheduled to start the Monday after he died, which was on a Thursday.
Because of Covid all the respite care and volunteers were on hold. I really could have used them all.

Best of luck in your endeavor. Care giving is hard.

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