Axios reports, as anyone caring for a person needing care knows, that home health care services are rising. As someone who paid for home health aides for Burt for the better part of his five year affliction, I can attest how very expensive this already was. If only… if only we had gotten long-term careContinue reading “Cost of Care”
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Found treasures
If you’ve been following along, you might recall that taking Burt to a park was my favorite project. Burt had always been- not in the flannel shirt/camping way but in the New York City style- an outdoors guy. He loved to walk. He and I loved sitting watching the river traffic pass. We had beenContinue reading “Found treasures”
A sea change
Burt’s roller coaster has just been on one dip after another. His being bedbound poses a serious risk. Today we are expecting a visit from a nurse from VNS to assess the damage. We are treating two sores and the beginning of one on his butt cheek. Perhaps the nurse will have some added wisdom.Continue reading “A sea change”
Aides in short supply
I had considered that any crackdown on immigrants would affect the food supply – from farm workers to deliverymen – but was surprised by this: Some of the earliest and lasting effects from President-elect Trump’s promised immigration crackdowns would be in home health and long-term care, both of which rely on a substantial number ofContinue reading “Aides in short supply”
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