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Check to see if your parent could qualify for Medicaid…. each State has different income & eligibility requirements that the parent must meet. If your State has such a program, you might feel your parent needs 12 hours of care, the program might decide only 5 hours. You may need to take some health care courses to qualify. And there is a question as to if the State will pay a relative if he/she lives full-time with the recipient. Be aware that there are waiting lists for these programs and that States have been cutting back on them because of budgetary pressures.
Check with your local Council on Aging to see what is available for Aides to come to the house for a couple of hours. Caregiver burnout comes quickly, in a matter of months for some.