My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about 3 years ago, my grandfather passed away soon before it started to take its toll on her so she then moved in with my family in our household. Managing our resources became more important when my grandmother needed to move in with us. When my grandmother moved in to live my legal family we became a blended family. My grandmother is very dependent for personal care. My mother and father began to adjust to the circumstances and began to manage not only their resources better but they also had to manage my grandmothers resources as well since we was no longer capable of doing so. My grandparents always did a good job previous to the situation of managing their resources and finances. This allowed my parents to hire a nurse full time through a company to come to the house to care for my grandmother while my parents were at work or on business trips. Along with providing additional medical care for my grandmother through her medical resources she always was previously retired for about 10 years and did a good job of managing her and my grandfather’s finances. With extra money set aside, having multiple forms of medical insurance and life insurance, she was also receiving money back from social security. This now allows her to meet her demands and need such as personal care and most important daily medications. In conclusion, my family does a very
My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about 3 years ago, my grandfather passed away soon before it started to take its toll on her so she then moved in with my family in our household. Managing our resources became more important when my grandmother needed to move in with us. When my grandmother moved in to live my legal family we became a blended family. My grandmother is very dependent for personal care. My mother and father began to adjust to the circumstances and began to manage not only their resources better but they also had to manage my grandmothers resources as well since we was no longer capable of doing so. My grandparents always did a good job previous to the situation of managing their resources and finances. This allowed my parents to hire a nurse full time through a company to come to the house to care for my grandmother while my parents were at work or on business trips. Along with providing additional medical care for my grandmother through her medical resources she always was previously retired for about 10 years and did a good job of managing her and my grandfather’s finances. With extra money set aside, having multiple forms of medical insurance and life insurance, she was also receiving money back from social security. This now allows her to meet her demands and need such as personal care and most important daily medications. In conclusion, my family does a very