DH got the latest news on his grandfather today - and it's not good. Grandpa is in the hospital still, awaiting admittance to a nursing home. The most heartbreaking part is that his wife of 65 years will not be going with him. How on earth do you separate two people who have lived together for so long? She has already called DH's mother numerous times to ask when he is coming home (her memory is failing too). And yet there is no easy solution for a gentleman closer to his nineties than his eighties with failing health and mobility, not to mention memory (last we heard was that he thought it was 1964). It will be a tough road ahead.
Financially, too, it will be difficult for them. They have a very good amount in liquid savings, but I know that will gobbled up quickly by the nursing home costs. I guess Medicare will pay for 20 days, then will pay $100/day for the next 100 days, but then it will become a self-pay situation. I have no idea the cost, but no doubt it will be very expensive. These are Depression era folks who lived on a shoestring then and still do now, despite a good job and pension. It's a shame that their hard-earned money will be spent just in getting them a decent standard of care, but then again, what options do they have?
Update on Grandpa
October 11th, 2006 at 01:31 am
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