Traditional Medicare assistance with at home long term care

Thank you. I remain hopeful to get some long term care with medicare.

I’m disappointed that so many people on this forum who could benefit from this idea are slamming it simply because it didn’t come from the candidate you support. That is only tribalism. Work against your own interests if it pleases you, but there are families out there who need this and wouldn’t care which color jersey was being worn by the team who accomplished it.

I think we all need to encourage our representatives from all parties to consider this idea of Medicare helping out with Alzheimer's! How powerful we can be as a group that crosses party lines and works together to get what we and all those who will join or ranks in the future, need. I know we all can get discouraged at the financial burden and think there is no way out, but maybe there is! There is no other diagnosed illness that I know of - and there may very well be, so I apologize in advance for whatever illness I'm leaving out! - that requires the patient pay full freight for a needed "treatment". Cancer, heart ailments, kidney disease, etc. - if you have one of those, Medicare will help out with the needed treatments. Alzheimer's? At this time, you will get no help from Medicare for the supervision, surveillance, help with ADLs, nighttime supervision, etc. that are necessary for a person with Alzheimer's to live safely and without endangering themselves or their families. I get that an Alzheimer's diagnoses can include those who don't need this help yet - but surely our doctor's could help identify, for Medicare purposes, those in the later stages who clearly need help. Families should not have to go into poverty (in some states) in order to care properly for their PWD. Can you imagine if someone with cancer was required to spend down all their assets before Medicare (at that point, Medicaid) would pay? It is just wrong that an Alzheimer's diagnoses in treated to differently from any other disease!