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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / May 2004bathing
Is there anyplace you can take an alz patient to be bathed? Health care workers that come to the home usually have 4 hour minimums and that is expensive. There ought to be a place you could take the patient to be bathed at an appointed time without having to pay thru the nose everyday. Does anyone know about anything like this? > Is there anyplace you can take an alz patient to be bathed? Health care > workers that come to the home usually have 4 hour minimums and that is > expensive. There ought to be a place you could take the patient to be > bathed at an appointed time without having to pay thru the nose everyday. > Does anyone know about anything like this? In our local daycare center they would bathe a patient on occasion. But I think they had to be a regular attendee at the center. You can sometimes find a privately hired individual who might agree to come and bathe someone on a "per occasion" basis. Try asking around or running an ad.  SignatureRegards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") > Is there anyplace you can take an alz patient to be bathed? Health care > workers that come to the home usually have 4 hour minimums and that is > expensive. There ought to be a place you could take the patient to be > bathed at an appointed time without having to pay thru the nose everyday. > Does anyone know about anything like this? I suppose they are called care homes.I cant see it would be a paying proposition to set up an institution just to do this and of pretty limited use.You are assuming the cost of bathing someone in such a place would be substantially less than the carer visiting your home (1hr vs 4), but you are forgetting that the building would need to be purchased and run, all of which would need to be paid for. So an hour in such a place might cost the same as a 4 hr wage for a person visiting your home anyway. SignatureTumbleweed Remove my socks for email address Just thought of something. If the caretaker who bathes your loved one must be paid for 4 hours, why not make it your time for a weekly shopping trip or other outing? Taking the time to get some lunch out and escape for 4 hours, then coming home to a nice clean situation doesn't sound like such a bad deal after all! SignatureRegards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") > > > Is there anyplace you can take an alz patient to be bathed? Health care [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > which would need to be paid for. So an hour in such a place might cost the > same as a 4 hr wage for a person visiting your home anyway. In Green Bay, WI the adult day care facility will do bathing a la carte for $20.00. You might check the adult day care facility in your region if you have one. Romeo Raabe > Just thought of something. If the caretaker who bathes your loved one must > be paid for 4 hours, why not make it your time for a weekly shopping trip or [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > which would need to be paid for. So an hour in such a place might cost the > > same as a 4 hr wage for a person visiting your home anyway. |
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