Stroke Recovery Support at Home in Pass Christian, MS

Hospitals with an emergency department near Pass Christian: Memorial Hospital At Gulfport in Gulfport (12 mi); Singing River Gulfport in Gulfport (13 mi); Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock in Bay Saint Louis (14 mi). With stroke signs, call 911 rather than driving.

169 Pass Christian residents 65 or older have difficulty dressing or bathing (13%; 9.2% in Harrison County), and 202 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 16% of the $6,124 monthly median income of Pass Christian 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.