I would check in your area for Respite at local Nursing Homes, ALF, and etc. Call local council on aging. Even check with APS. The truth is that you may not be able to do both.
Who is there for your father now? Is your father mentally clear and asking for you? Is your father currently in care with Hospice?
As to services, I would keep all that simple. You are not going to be able to handle that if someone cannot do it FOR you. I would ask Hospice agencies in his area for someplace to accomplish simple cremation with ashes coming to you, or spread by the funeral home. This was the way it had to be during covid early days when my brother died; there simply wasn't a lot of choice. And there so often isn't.
Most facilities can provide Respite Care. There are involved steps first. He will have to have a note from his doctor stating he is in good health and what medications he is taking. He most likely will have to have a TB skin test, and in some areas it might be a 2 step test where the test is repeated after the first one. There is a blood test that can be done that would negate the need for the skin test. The cost of Respite is out of pocket. If your husband is on Hospice though Hospice will cover Respite Care and that cost is covered by Medicare/Medicaid.
A lot of assisted living facilities or nursing facilities will provide temporary respite at a cost of course, and that will probably be your best bet, unless you have a friend or 2 that would come stay with him if you paid them.
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Call local council on aging.
Even check with APS.
The truth is that you may not be able to do both.
Who is there for your father now?
Is your father mentally clear and asking for you?
Is your father currently in care with Hospice?
As to services, I would keep all that simple. You are not going to be able to handle that if someone cannot do it FOR you. I would ask Hospice agencies in his area for someplace to accomplish simple cremation with ashes coming to you, or spread by the funeral home. This was the way it had to be during covid early days when my brother died; there simply wasn't a lot of choice. And there so often isn't.
I wish you the very best of luck.
There are involved steps first.
He will have to have a note from his doctor stating he is in good health and what medications he is taking. He most likely will have to have a TB skin test, and in some areas it might be a 2 step test where the test is repeated after the first one.
There is a blood test that can be done that would negate the need for the skin test.
The cost of Respite is out of pocket. If your husband is on Hospice though Hospice will cover Respite Care and that cost is covered by Medicare/Medicaid.
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