Stroke Recovery Support at Home in Aberdeen, MS

Hospitals with an emergency department near Aberdeen: Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen (1.0 mi); North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory in Amory (12 mi); Clay County Medical Corporation in West Point (16 mi). With stroke signs, call 911 rather than driving.

120 Aberdeen residents 65 or older have difficulty dressing or bathing (9.4%; 12% in Monroe County), and 191 have serious difficulty walking: the two kinds of help most often needed in the weeks after a stroke.

At the Mississippi median aide wage of $11.47 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $994 a month in wages, which is 49% of the $2,049 monthly median income of Aberdeen households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Mississippi 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.