Summary: Cost And Services Of Special Needs Care In The Family

Cost and Services of Special Needs Care in the Family

Alexus Williams

HUSC 2373

Professor Minnie Cyrus

October 31, 2014

Maneuvering child and adult care options can sometimes be overwhelming for any family, and additional deliberation and consideration must be given when deciding care options for those with special needs. It is imperative for many families with children with special needs to hire more than one caregiver. This can make the search for a caregiver more stressful and time consuming. Parents and family members have to choose different caregivers to remedy their child’s every need, while also tending to other endeavors in the house, such as work, bills, other children, etc.

Where you live, the experience of the care giver,

I have family members in 3 different states, which all pay different fees for adult health care for a special needs family member. Home care aides from a licensed agency are paid on average $19 an hour. The average cost for adult day care is about $15,300 per year (ranging from about 7,750 to $32,500 per year). For private rooms in a licensed nursing home, the pay rate per year is on average about $77,800 (ranging from $65,000 to $120,000) a year, not including the Medicare or Medicaid reimbursed

Adults and children with disabilities are cared for by family members and friends who are often not paid for their pivotal services. Some families have flexible boundaries, which they control and selectively open or close to gain balance or adapt to the situation (Kaakinen, Cohelo, Steele, Tobacco, & Hanson, 2015). While personal care assistants, specialists, and home care aides, and various other living situations may be helpful and sometimes necessary, these extra services can be costly, and may be too much for one family to