Reimbursement for Home Care and Hospice
Before Medicare made their nation wide cost saving cuts back in the 1990’s, it was common for the elderly to be covered for those services sometimes indefinitely. Now it is much different. If someone on medicare comes out of the hospital they would be covered but not indefinitely. If the Dr. recommends skilled nursing for diabetes management that may be a real possibility. Check with her Doctor. Personal care, bathing, assistance getting out of bed and meals, and laundry, falls under private duty care and is paid for by the individual through the home health agency. Some states offer help under their programs of medicaid and state assistance programs. Check with your state programs to see if your grandmother qualifies under income guidelines.
Most of the time its covered, but not for long periods of time. If you talk to her dr and suggest it, the office staff can look into it and see how much coverage she has. My mom arranges HHC for patients at the hospital and sometimes people are covered for 3 visits a week for a month, sometimes its 2 visits a week for three months, it just depends….