In-Home Hospice Support in Mountain Brook, AL

Medicare lists 18 hospices whose service area includes Mountain Brook ZIP codes, the nearest offices being Compassus Hospice And Palliative Care-Birmingham in Birmingham (3.3 mi) and Gentiva Birmingham in Birmingham (3.3 mi).

948 Mountain Brook residents 65 or older live alone (25% of those in households). Someone on hospice who lives alone usually needs added hours of help between the hospice team’s visits.

At the Alabama median aide wage of $13.39 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $1,160 a month in wages, which is 11% of the $10,774 monthly median income of Mountain Brook households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Alabama has no state minimum wage law, so the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (U.S. Department of Labor).

Hiring directly, you agree the rate with the caregiver and usually become the household employer (U.S. Department of Labor rules). Some families qualify for programs that pay for care at home; see Medicaid programs for family caregivers: who can be paid, and the rules in 12 states.