Navigating the financial struggles of caring for elderly loved ones
Are you feeling the weight of financial strain while caring for your elderly family members? Consider these common challenges:
- Unexpected caregiving expenses straining your budget
- Falling outside the traditional support networks due to income
- The stress of managing work and caregiving responsibilities
- Feeling alone in the financial aspects of caregiving
Discover how we support caregivers with compassion and financial assistance
We assist caregivers who support elderly family members but are caught in the financial gap above poverty guidelines and need aid with caregiving expenses.
Our story
I made a promise that my mother would never age alone, or in a nursing home. This was made well before her health declined. She raised me and sacrificed for me so that I could be the physician that I am today.
When I left home at age seventeen to attend Cornell University, President Frank Rhodes said during the opening ceremony for the freshman class of 1985 that my mother would not be losing a daughter, but would be gaining a friend.
My mother and I always remembered that statement as her health declined. During the last five years of her life,it became evident to me that to honor my promise, I would need to leave full-time work as a physician.
I remember the fourteen-hour days, preparing meals, preparing baths, changing, diapers, catching tears, when she had episodes of arthritic pain that couldn’t be eased with Tylenol, and just being present. She had a companion named Barney, who was a bichon with a gentle soul, that knew when to be still after my mother had suddenly had a fall. I made a promise that she would age in her own home and die in her own bed. I was able to keep that promise and be with her when she took her last breath. However, in fulfilling this promise, I realized that for the other daughter-caregivers who wanted to do the same, there were no financial resources to help with this level of care. With this in mind, Aging Well At Home, inc. was envisioned and started as a nonprofit for caregivers.
