Stroke Recovery Support at Home in Shackle Island, TN

Hospitals with an emergency department near Shackle Island: Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville (5.0 mi); Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma in Gallatin (9.2 mi); Tristar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage (13 mi). With stroke signs, call 911 rather than driving.

39 Shackle Island residents 65 or older have difficulty dressing or bathing (6.8%; 6.4% in Sumner County), and 109 have serious difficulty walking: the two kinds of help most often needed in the weeks after a stroke.

At the Tennessee median aide wage of $15.45 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $1,339 a month in wages, which is 21% of the $6,316 monthly median income of Shackle Island households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Tennessee 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 TennCare CHOICES: how to get paid to care for a family member in Tennessee.