Guest guest Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I talked to two new agencies today, one I found and my advocate found. Was unsure which one to pick as I knew nothing of either. Both were willing to do my strange hours. I picked the larger of the two because one only had 12 employee’s and I was concerned about call-offs and backup people. He even hired some of my girls from the old agency, so that was good. Hope I made the right decision, we’ll see I guess. Gonna try and relax a bit now, been a very stress filled week. Take care all, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Very good news doug. If financial help would help please let me know too. Love, N On 11/1/11 9:22 PM, " Doug " <doug696@...> wrote: > I talked to two new agencies today, one I found and my advocate found. Was > unsure which one to pick as I knew nothing of either. Both were willing to do > my strange hours. I picked the larger of the two because one only had 12 > employee¹s and I was concerned about call-offs and backup people. He even > hired some of my girls from the old agency, so that was good. Hope I made the > right decision, we¹ll see I guess. Gonna try and relax a bit now, been a very > stress filled week. Take care all, Doug > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Excellent!! From: Doug <doug696@...> Subject: Re: My Dilemma Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 10:22 PM  I talked to two new agencies today, one I found and my advocate found. Was unsure which one to pick as I knew nothing of either. Both were willing to do my strange hours. I picked the larger of the two because one only had 12 employee’s and I was concerned about call-offs and backup people. He even hired some of my girls from the old agency, so that was good. Hope I made the right decision, we’ll see I guess. Gonna try and relax a bit now, been a very stress filled week. Take care all, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Glad to hear you got it taken care of! ******************************** Never mistake MOTION for ACTION ******************************** http://www.myspace.com/kayspalace http://www.angelfire.com/sd/LP35/home.html From: Doug <doug696@...> Subject: Re: My Dilemma Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 10:22 PM  I talked to two new agencies today, one I found and my advocate found. Was unsure which one to pick as I knew nothing of either. Both were willing to do my strange hours. I picked the larger of the two because one only had 12 employee’s and I was concerned about call-offs and backup people. He even hired some of my girls from the old agency, so that was good. Hope I made the right decision, we’ll see I guess. Gonna try and relax a bit now, been a very stress filled week. Take care all, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Doug, This is certainly a horrible situation. I am glad that you seem to have found sort of a solution, but it still sounds precarious. Even though you are okay right now, you might look into legal and media options if you get dropped again. It is one thing for a vendor to go through the process of not handling your case, but they need to be fair and reasonable. There must be other PWDs in your area that have experienced similar actions by the vendor. This sounds like a story tailor-made for television. At least here in New York City, there are a number of reporters which specialize in consumer and governmental nightmare stories. They would eat this up! As for legal strategies, I am predisposed towards suing. Sorry, it's the lawyer in me and I am sure that there are underemployed lawyers in Michigan somewhere. Even if you can't find a lawyer, you can represent yourself and, sometimes, simply threatening a lawsuit works. Please keep us posted, T.K. Small > > So after 14 months of service my home care company is dumping me on Monday. They said their making no money on my case, and don't want the responsibility of my care. I have called tons of home care agencies and none will take me because the state pays so little ($13.50. I believe the state will pay a care giver directly, but am having difficulty finding info on it, and my case manager is one of those social workers who doesn't answer their phone or email. Where do you find good pca's who will only work for $8 an hour? I'm so afraid of being institutionalized or placed in a group home. How do you all find and pay for help? Thank you Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I am all set up with the new home care company (Right At Home), with one on the backburner ready to go if things don’t work out. So nice to have a little peace of mind again (I will always worry alittle lol). My social worker is looking into actions we can take, she has already reported them to the parent company and gave me the number (Michigan Protection and Advocacy: 1-800-288-5923) where I can file some sort sort of complaint. I don’t want to make to many waves right now because some of my girls are still employed there. The ladies apparently sign some sort of agreement about working for two company’s, not sure what it is. The owner can sue or something. BTW my former agency was Comforcare in you want to be wary of them, don’t know if their national or not. Thanks for all the help and support, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Thank goodness! Glad you are safe!  Lori ________________________________ From: Doug <doug696@...> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 11:51 AM Subject: Re: My Dilemma  I am all set up with the new home care company (Right At Home), with one on the backburner ready to go if things don’t work out. So nice to have a little peace of mind again (I will always worry alittle lol). My social worker is looking into actions we can take, she has already reported them to the parent company and gave me the number (Michigan Protection and Advocacy: 1-800-288-5923) where I can file some sort sort of complaint. I don’t want to make to many waves right now because some of my girls are still employed there. The ladies apparently sign some sort of agreement about working for two company’s, not sure what it is. The owner can sue or something. BTW my former agency was Comforcare in you want to be wary of them, don’t know if their national or not. Thanks for all the help and support, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Doug, So glad you got a new agency to take care of you. I wa really worried about you. I hope this company takes good care of you. Calm down and take it easy for a while. Love, Pamela ---- " a B. " <kristina45231@...> wrote: > Excellent!! > > > > From: Doug <doug696@...> > Subject: Re: My Dilemma > > Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 10:22 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > I talked to two new agencies today, one I found and my advocate found. Was unsure which one to pick as I knew nothing of either. Both were willing to do my strange hours. I picked the larger of the two because one only had 12 employee’s and I was concerned about call-offs and backup people. He even hired some of my girls from the old agency, so that was good. Hope I made the right decision, we’ll see I guess. Gonna try and relax a bit now, been a very stress filled week. Take care all, Doug > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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