Hello ,
I am in desperate need for some help I and my step mom are caregivers for my dad however my step mom and dad have been having marriage troubles . Which has lead to her refusing to empty his colostomy bag and refusing to clean his kidney drain the way the doctors said and refusing many other things . I try my best to help but I struggle with OCD , depression and anxiety and am always worried I am not doing something right it's alot for me to do alot . With my dad starting chemotherapy in two days I am really worried that his care will suffer .
See he has neuropathy so bad he can't change his own colostomy bag and can't do many things cause his hands just struggle to work . He is very afraid of getting diarrhea so he takes alot of imodium cause he worries my step mom won't help with his bag and worries I am not doing it right due to my own issues . I want to help my dad so bad and be that main caregiver but with chemo coming I'm scared I'll fail . So my question is does anyone know a program that can help get a home nurse to come to the house a few times a week for extra support ? My dad is on medicare and we don't have alot of money so it would need to be pretty cheap or we couldn't afford it every place I can find wants like $60 a hour which is to much for us .