my father has alzheimers and is currently
on medicaid. He lives with my brother,
who is the main caregiver, in oregon, but
someone does come in for 7 hours a day on
weekdays and medicaid pays for that.
Medicaid has agreed to pay for someone to
come in for 24 hour home care, but I
cannot find anyone on the list they gave
me to come in for the full 24 hours.
There are some people I have contacted
that would like to come in and split up
the 24 hours in 3/8 hour shifts and I may
be able to even get 2 of them to do 2 12
hour shifts. However, my caseworker for
medicaid tells me that this splitting up
of hours cannot be done. However, how am
I supposed to get care if no one will come
in for the full 24 hours? Is it law that
I cannot split up the hours and if so, is
there anyway I can get around it? It
seems I shouldnt be denied help if the
shifts cant be split up and no one will do
the full 24. So, my question is, is this
a law in oregon that the hours cant be
split?
