Stroke Recovery Support at Home in Fayetteville, GA

Hospitals with an emergency department near Fayetteville: Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville (1.4 mi); Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale (8.3 mi); Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc in Newnan (14 mi). With stroke signs, call 911 rather than driving.

192 Fayetteville residents 65 or older have difficulty dressing or bathing (4.5%; 6.7% in Fayette County), and 870 have serious difficulty walking: the two kinds of help most often needed in the weeks after a stroke.

At the Georgia median aide wage of $14.07 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $1,219 a month in wages, which is 23% of the $5,302 monthly median income of Fayetteville households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Georgia's state rate is lower than the federal one, so employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act pay at least the federal $7.25 an hour (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.