Hi All,
My husband (diagnosed of PBP and slowly progressing) is full-time stay home Dad & our family lives off my income. I'm trying to plan ahead to when full-time care may be required, but have some questions.
1. What are the range of costs for caregivers? (Not including medical equipment, doctors etc. I'm talking about day-to-day in-home care). We are located in Colorado, in case that makes a difference.
2. What are the typical qualifications of an in-home caregiver? Similar to "nurses aide" or are they usually actually LPNs or RNs?
3. I've read that the "healthy" spouse typically becomes the primary caregiver. Not sure how this can happen, since my husband is not eleigible for disability because his job has been as an (unpaid) excellent stay-home-dad for the past 8 years. Any one else have an exeprience like this? How do you provide care, plus continue to work? This is a big concern.
Any insight on these questions would be very helpful and might let me sleep better at night (but I doubt it ).
Thanks in advance,
Lisa
My husband (diagnosed of PBP and slowly progressing) is full-time stay home Dad & our family lives off my income. I'm trying to plan ahead to when full-time care may be required, but have some questions.
1. What are the range of costs for caregivers? (Not including medical equipment, doctors etc. I'm talking about day-to-day in-home care). We are located in Colorado, in case that makes a difference.
2. What are the typical qualifications of an in-home caregiver? Similar to "nurses aide" or are they usually actually LPNs or RNs?
3. I've read that the "healthy" spouse typically becomes the primary caregiver. Not sure how this can happen, since my husband is not eleigible for disability because his job has been as an (unpaid) excellent stay-home-dad for the past 8 years. Any one else have an exeprience like this? How do you provide care, plus continue to work? This is a big concern.
Any insight on these questions would be very helpful and might let me sleep better at night (but I doubt it ).
Thanks in advance,
Lisa