My sick father is going to have a new bed
Today a decision was made regarding my father’s health condition. My father has Alzheimer and is totally depending on my mother’s help. He is in bed, with diapers, food must be put on his mouth, making it short: he is a 176 lbs baby, who doesn’t move by himself.
My mother has an hospital bed at home where he stays all day and all night. The bed is very high and my mother is not strong enough to lift him up or put him on a chair, so today we order an electrical bed. This bed has a control attached to the bed and with a touch of a finger it goes up down, lifts the head, the feet and has several positions. I think my father is going to like it because there is one sitting positing and that’s what he begs for everyday.
My mother will be able to adjust the bed to her needs, she can wash him and feed him easily by changing the bed position.
The sad thing is that my parents are retired and the electrical bed costs almost 5 times the monthly payment she receives from social security. We are not really thinking about it right now and we are just interested in getting some comfort to both my mother and father.
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Would medicare or anything like that help with the cost of the bed? It sounds like something your dad really needs and thank goodness he’s getting it. It will also ease your mother’s caregiving.
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This bed is considered a “luxury” and it’s not covered by the government. Most meds have a tax of 5% but the bed has a 21% tax yhis also happens with most skin products even if they are for a skin disease. At the end of the year we are going to sent the bed invoice as well as diapers invoices to social services and let’s hope they can help my mother with some money.
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