‘She’s not a burden, she’s my grandma’: Lessons from an extended family’s care for a terminally ill elder

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In a society that prides itself on productivity and efficiency, growing old and even caring for the aged are often deemed as dreadful and portrayed in a negative light. Is a person’s life so cheap and easily discarded?

is provided for a person with a terminal illness with a prognosis of six months or fewer to live if the illness runs its natural course.

Resourceful family members would go around sourcing for reasonably priced medical supplies, such as a second-hand hospital bed. It will be a formidable feat for a person working full-time to be a primary caregiver. Yet, having part-time or no earnings may not give you the peace of mind to pay for medical bills and caregiving needs.

With our arrangement, it is still substantially more expensive to care for my grandmother at home than in a nursing home.

 

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