What in-house help?

August 20, 2006

What program did you qualify for?

I thought most insurance companies only pay for a visiting nurse once

in awhile. I had to pay someone from an employment agency to come

out and help after one operation. But the rest of the time I had

operations, I wasn't working, so couldn't afford it. Kaiser just

makes you leave the hospital, without any home care (they suggested a

cane, which I would have had to pay for myself!)

No rehab place, nothing. Same when I had my operation done at UCSF

with Dr. Hu. They all assume you have family to help, but mine is

elderly, and my son was too young to help.

in Oakland

At 07:34 AM 8/20/2006, you wrote:

>,

>I qualified for 25hr/wk (5hr/day) of in-home help. I get help with

>laundry, meal prep, vacuuming, cleaning, driving me to dr appts, and

>a few other things. They are technically supposed to only help ME,

>but the girls I had loved kids and helped give my girls (ages 1 and

>2.5) their baths and would take them on walks outside. I have been

>really happy with my personal assistant so far. But unfortunately,

>she is a college student and just left on Friday to go back to

>school out-of-state. So now I am in the process of finding

>another. I was told (or warned, rather) NOT to go with people who

>are on the " list " of available personal assistants given to me by

>the CIL. Three separate sources told me that I am much better off

>having a friend, family member, or a close acquaintance work for me,

>because oftentimes the wrong kind of people sign up for the personal

>assistant program just to take advantage of the disabled. I'm not

>trying to be cynical after hearing the warnings from several

>different people, as I am sure that many people on those lists are

>great. But with me being alone at home all day with 2 small

>children, I'd rather be safe than sorry!

>

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