[speaker001:] okay we're ready to begin
[speaker002:] okay uh okay one of the things they said about how you feel about putting you an elderly person in a nursing home um
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] I'd had that situation presented to me personally about three years ago when I had to put my place my dad in a nursing home and um
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] he had Alzheimer's and he uh wandered and I had to put him in there for his own safety because I could not I couldn't care for him here any longer I tried as hard as I could
[speaker001:] is that pretty much a full time care situation isn't it
[speaker002:] yes and uh I had to work and he would get up in the middle of the night and he could get out and wander down the street and I was afraid for his safety um
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] and so I had to make that decision um
[speaker001:] did you did you um check into um a lot of different facilities and see what they care they offered
[speaker002:] yes I did I checked into the facilities uh the other thing that I did and I've recommended other people to do the same thing sometimes is to check and with people that have family members in that nursing facility you know see if you can find out who who has a family member there or if you go and check it stop and ask somebody when you see them you know do you have you know what relative do you have here um how is the care are you satisfied
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] um it took me quite a while to choose
[speaker001:] did you find there was a large range of costs involved in in nursing homes
[speaker002:] yes very much so there was a large range of costs uh and the cost didn't necessarily reflect the care
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] the cost some of the costs went for other amenities for those that were uh up and ambulatory like really nice dining rooms and you know uh things like that but that was for one segment but then the other segment that needed full nursing care I didn't feel I got the benefit of the extra cost
[speaker001:] is that what that's what I'm I'm thinking uh my mother right now is is able to care for herself and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh I was interested in looking uh for something that would have a a range of care I guess so that you know
[speaker002:] right and you would want the maybe the uh extra amenities you know like the very nice dining room and you know the freedom of the grounds to be nice so they can walk out there and you know activities you'd organized organized activities
[speaker001:] yeah yeah organized activities
[speaker002:] and things like that
[speaker001:] the uh ones that offer more uh uh care I I assumed that they have certain requirements for their uh nursing and medical staff uh some sort of requirements state requirements or
[speaker002:] right right yeah each state is different but uh here here in Texas there are certain you know requirements
[speaker001:] yeah is there um uh did you find there was a waiting list for some of them or to get into
[speaker002:] some of them yes there was a waiting list um
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] in fact I had uh one when my I first started I went through a series of let's see I had my dad in two different nursing homes when I first started he was in one that wasn't total total patient care but where he could be watched but he had the freedom to wander around and and help caring caring for himself but he could do you know he could feed himself he could do things for himself um
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] and I had him on a waiting list there then he got so that he could they could not handle him at that level and they didn't have a higher level at that facility which I really didn't think of
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know when I checked him in uh so then I had to go and search I had to start all over again
[speaker001:] do you know whether or not uh some of the uh programs such as uh Medicaid a uh help fund any of of the costs involved in in elderly care
[speaker002:] uh Medicaid will under certain circumstances Medicare will again under you know have to be discharged from the hospital and for so many days uh Medicare will like I said under certain circumstances my dad did not was not eligible for Medicaid and Medicare would not cover Alzheimer's
[speaker001:] okay so there's there's uh some things they'll cover and some they won't
[speaker002:] so that yeah
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] it almost goes by case by case
[speaker001:] yeah um that's uh that's something I think many people uh have to address at some point or other and and uh it it's a tough decision to make especially depending on your the care that is needed and and uh
[speaker002:] it is
[speaker001:] uh in in today's life more and more children really can't uh with working both couples working it gets almost impossible to do that at home anymore
[speaker002:] it it does and