Helping.Mom
Army Vet goes home to care for mom.
Terry closed his restaurant in Texas to care for his elderly mom on their family farm in Indiana. What happened next, no one could have predicted. In this "Helping Mom" podcast, Terry gives fellow caregivers real-world tips and straight-talk motivation to love & serve those who loved & served us--our parents!
You can find his fast-read book "Beginnings" on Amazon Kindle & Softback.
Terry is disabled Army Veteran, with 4 university degrees, and proud Dad to 5 daughters. He has taught university in Europe, Asia & Africa. He completed Harvard University Faith & Leadership program. His work includes Soldier, attorney, champion basketball coach, and Fortune 500. His restaurant was 2-X Best of Region.
Terry is medical guardian to his mom, Sherry, and full-time caregiver to her brother, Uncle Perry, who also lives on their family farm. For his own therapy Terry raises pure AKC White German Shepherd pups for military veterans & other great families, thru his non-profit PatriotPups.org WOOF!
Terry welcomes your emails of your experiences, stories, tips and ideas, in addition to prayer requests, at Info@helping.mom
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Facts & Hope for Modern Caregivers
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30% of American homes (40M total) provide some level of free care to loved ones. This % + # is much higher if we count caregivers who are over 50yoa. Most caregivers donate 26 hours/week. 25% are sandwiched between caring for their own children under 18yoa at same time caring for their aging parent. Men now account for 42% of caregiving. And 10% of kids 15-22yoa are caring for aging parents/grandparents also. The avg caregiver pays $7500/yr out-of-pocket, after-taxes to support care receiver. ALL of these #s + %s will increase for next 20 years.
I propose as society we do 2 things to incentivize families to care for aging loved ones. You can read more at my website What I Do | Helping Mom. We should provide $75K tax credit to families who take-in an aging family member, to live with them full-time. Second, we should compensate full-time trained family members $50K/year to care for family members determined by their medical doctors to be 100% disabled. This is far cheaper than $130K/yr avg for nursing homes, plus quality & quantity of care will be much higher. There are measures we can build in to avoid waste, fraud & abuse.
Please share your own ideas, at info@helping.mom
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