Because my 89 year Grandpa has money saved up for my education, Medicaid (Or medicare, whichever?) won't help him. According to them, they won't help him until he's completely used up his assets on her; and he will be disqualified for it if he gives me a gift to make himself eligible.
It is likely that I won't be able to go to school without a scholarship. He's been paying 5,000 a month to have my Grandmother properly cared for (which is more than both of my semesters, plus books, combined) and now medicaid won't help him because he has that money to pay for my college. Isn't that just great?
Baby Boomers: There is no security net. The government basically will NOT HELP YOU unless you are completely destitute. He can't give it to me as a gift to make himself poor, nope, that disqualifies him. And it's really stupid, because HE, HIMSELF, cannot care for her; she's completely demented. Seriously. She has very little idea who she is, who my mom is, I doubt she'd know who I am. Grandpa is not physically capable of taking care of her; he is very frail, she is very resistent to taking any of her medication, gets up and from my understanding tries to leave her own home, etc. On top of that, she's Type 1 Diabetic, which has been hard enough through their lives. He has been her caregiver for their entire marriage and now, as his own health and mind fails him, he cannot.
See, this is just insane.
When people who really need it can't get it.. there's a serious problem. Not without serious sacrifice for the rest of his family, including financial aid for my crippled mother and aunt who recently underwent life saving heart surgery, can he afford to get the proper care needed for the woman he has loved and for sixty plus years, on top of the fact that she doesn't seem to quite remember him fully (though she's still enough there to recognize him and whatnot) and has gone raving nuts. As if the emotional toll isn't enough.
So, at the sacrifice of my education and the help he's so graciously been providing for my mother and my aunt, he'll be able to pay for her to stay in a home.. for a couple more months with my school funding.. MAYBE. Three years of school for me = three months for her there.
Thank you those who say "Healthcare? Booooo!" and "Who cares about education (unless it's for THEIR kids)"? My family salutes you.
My Brother is driving my Mom to Kansas to talk to lawyers, but.. the scenario is grim.
Does anyone know anything about scholarships? I was going to look into them anyway, but.. the only program that I know about is the Miss America Pageants. Yes, that's how little I know. And as much fun as THAT would be, and although I have a skill to compete with.. Well, that's beside the point.
Suggestions on how to get funding for school? Right now my famiy has forbidden me from taking out student loans; my dad is paying for this semester, but.. this is just a bad situation. I was supposed to have enough to go to the full four years, and then at least another two if I wanted to pursue veterinary medicine. Sigh.
It is likely that I won't be able to go to school without a scholarship. He's been paying 5,000 a month to have my Grandmother properly cared for (which is more than both of my semesters, plus books, combined) and now medicaid won't help him because he has that money to pay for my college. Isn't that just great?
Baby Boomers: There is no security net. The government basically will NOT HELP YOU unless you are completely destitute. He can't give it to me as a gift to make himself poor, nope, that disqualifies him. And it's really stupid, because HE, HIMSELF, cannot care for her; she's completely demented. Seriously. She has very little idea who she is, who my mom is, I doubt she'd know who I am. Grandpa is not physically capable of taking care of her; he is very frail, she is very resistent to taking any of her medication, gets up and from my understanding tries to leave her own home, etc. On top of that, she's Type 1 Diabetic, which has been hard enough through their lives. He has been her caregiver for their entire marriage and now, as his own health and mind fails him, he cannot.
See, this is just insane.
When people who really need it can't get it.. there's a serious problem. Not without serious sacrifice for the rest of his family, including financial aid for my crippled mother and aunt who recently underwent life saving heart surgery, can he afford to get the proper care needed for the woman he has loved and for sixty plus years, on top of the fact that she doesn't seem to quite remember him fully (though she's still enough there to recognize him and whatnot) and has gone raving nuts. As if the emotional toll isn't enough.
So, at the sacrifice of my education and the help he's so graciously been providing for my mother and my aunt, he'll be able to pay for her to stay in a home.. for a couple more months with my school funding.. MAYBE. Three years of school for me = three months for her there.
Thank you those who say "Healthcare? Booooo!" and "Who cares about education (unless it's for THEIR kids)"? My family salutes you.
My Brother is driving my Mom to Kansas to talk to lawyers, but.. the scenario is grim.
Does anyone know anything about scholarships? I was going to look into them anyway, but.. the only program that I know about is the Miss America Pageants. Yes, that's how little I know. And as much fun as THAT would be, and although I have a skill to compete with.. Well, that's beside the point.
Suggestions on how to get funding for school? Right now my famiy has forbidden me from taking out student loans; my dad is paying for this semester, but.. this is just a bad situation. I was supposed to have enough to go to the full four years, and then at least another two if I wanted to pursue veterinary medicine. Sigh.