Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 My daughter will be coming home very soon from hospitalwe are waiting for the person assigned to be with her to contact us. Mental Health has given us a 30 hour week for 17 weeks to have somebody take care of her. I work full-time and have insurance. At this time I am working three days a week and two days on disability.(when she got sick in April I was also assign to a p-doc to help with my anxiety (gad). However, my employer tells me I only have until Feb. on short- term disability and won't qualify for long-term. I am very nervous about that. I need to work and would like to stay on a 3-day schedule so I could keep care of my dd, do housework and also look after two sisters. I don't know how long Mental Health will prolong the care. DD won't be going to school this year. They say she will eventually be able to stay home by herself. I am terrified. She is 14 and is going to go to high school. I have spoken to the school a few months ago and I can see we will have problem accomodating my daughter. The don't seem to care. I feel that if my child had a physical disability she could get all the help she wants. Do some of you work outside the house and how do you manage? I am from Canada and would like to speak to anyone that would help me with the care they are getting. If they are getting disability for there child ect. P.S.: My daughter had a leave from the hospital and will be with me all day. She is currently sleeping and will be waking her up in 10 mi. Any suggestions on how to keep her occupied since the two other dd are at school in 4:30. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hi, I live in the US but I did find this site saved in our FILES section of the group; perhaps it might help some: http://www.disabilityweblinks.ca/ I'm glad Mental Health is helping you out. Is the limit on number of weeks for your daughter due to insurance? Maybe they can extend the time if they find she needs it after those weeks or have some other service they can offer. Curious - if she can't go to school the remainder of the year when coming home, why is the hospital releasing her? Is she just in there for OCD or other things too? I was just thinking if she's not able to attend school at all, seems she might need some more treatment. Or was the hospital just to get her on or adjust her medications?? Schools vary as to helpfulness we've all found. Those who don't understand OCD (or aren't willing to listen and try) just don't seem to comprehend what people can go through. (((hugs))) as I know it's a tough situation to be in, trying to find someone or some service to help plus continue to work. Where in Canada are you? single mom, 3 sons , almost 16, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers > > My daughter will be coming home very soon from hospitalwe are waiting > for the person assigned to be with her to contact us. Mental Health > has given us a 30 hour week for 17 weeks to have somebody take care > of her. I work full-time and have insurance. At this time I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hi, I live in the US but I did find this site saved in our FILES section of the group; perhaps it might help some: http://www.disabilityweblinks.ca/ I'm glad Mental Health is helping you out. Is the limit on number of weeks for your daughter due to insurance? Maybe they can extend the time if they find she needs it after those weeks or have some other service they can offer. Curious - if she can't go to school the remainder of the year when coming home, why is the hospital releasing her? Is she just in there for OCD or other things too? I was just thinking if she's not able to attend school at all, seems she might need some more treatment. Or was the hospital just to get her on or adjust her medications?? Schools vary as to helpfulness we've all found. Those who don't understand OCD (or aren't willing to listen and try) just don't seem to comprehend what people can go through. (((hugs))) as I know it's a tough situation to be in, trying to find someone or some service to help plus continue to work. Where in Canada are you? single mom, 3 sons , almost 16, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers > > My daughter will be coming home very soon from hospitalwe are waiting > for the person assigned to be with her to contact us. Mental Health > has given us a 30 hour week for 17 weeks to have somebody take care > of her. I work full-time and have insurance. At this time I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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