Guest guest Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... Annie To: From: pastmidvale@... Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 Subject: Retiring>>> We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we would have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my DH AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all the funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty (to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 BTW....my husband is gong on 64 in a few months and we do not foresee him retiring.....and I at almost 1/2 century of age am going to go through a 2 year RN program so that i can help out with benefits and have some supplemental income....retirement sounds to me like a thing of the past yet people do accomplish it!!Glad for you Sara......! Annie To: From: tabuhli@... Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:39:23 -0400 Subject: RE: Retiring>>> Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... Annie To: From: pastmidvale@... Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 Subject: Retiring>>> We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we would have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my DH AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all the funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty (to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 We used teen babysitters for Elie until he was about 12. Then we started to use funding to pay for RESPITE WORKERS - paid directly by some state/fed funding at I believe then, $15/hr. Then we moved and got MORE funding for Respite - more hours and hired people from the special camp he went to aat age 15. From then on, he has become eligible and we have increased our requests. We could afford babysitters. We could not afford specialists trained to work with people with disruptive behaviors and sometimes aggressive behaviors. So we used very little outside funding until Elie hit h./s age and later. Then when Elie finished school, we knew there was just a matter of time before he could not live at home as we could not care for him 24/7 - just one fact - he needs watching 24/7, we need more sleep than he does, he can wander if no one is aware. So now he lives with his SSI/SSD and Medicaid waiver. And no I do not feel guilty taking the money needed to keep him safe and healthy(all that MEdicare cares about) and happy (which is mostly what I care about. > > > > Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding > ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always > had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck > up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things > just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't > have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a > week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some > things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per > hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding > pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply > and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... > > Annie > > To: > From: pastmidvale@... > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 > Subject: Retiring>>> > > > We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the > > taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we would > > have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my DH > > AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all the > > funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of > > finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty > > (to > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 I do agree with you Sara.....pride has to take a back seat when the best interest of your child is at stake.....I am learning that... thanks for your insight....Annie To: From: pastmidvale@... Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 19:27:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Retiring>>> We used teen babysitters for Elie until he was about 12. Then we started to use funding to pay for RESPITE WORKERS - paid directly by some state/fed funding at I believe then, $15/hr. Then we moved and got MORE funding for Respite - more hours and hired people from the special camp he went to aat age 15. From then on, he has become eligible and we have increased our requests. We could afford babysitters. We could not afford specialists trained to work with people with disruptive behaviors and sometimes aggressive behaviors. So we used very little outside funding until Elie hit h./s age and later. Then when Elie finished school, we knew there was just a matter of time before he could not live at home as we could not care for him 24/7 - just one fact - he needs watching 24/7, we need more sleep than he does, he can wander if no one is aware. So now he lives with his SSI/SSD and Medicaid waiver. And no I do not feel guilty taking the money needed to keep him safe and healthy(all that MEdicare cares about) and happy (which is mostly what I care about. > > > > Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding > ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always > had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck > up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things > just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't > have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a > week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some > things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per > hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding > pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply > and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... > > Annie > > To: > From: pastmidvale@... > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 > Subject: Retiring>>> > > > We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the > > taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we would > > have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my DH > > AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all the > > funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of > > finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty > > (to > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I was not following this thread until I saw *Geotrgia is sounding good*. I have lived here nearly 46 years, have at least one disabled child, and I can tell you GA is #49 (out of 50) for providing services and help for those with special needs. NO, do not move here. BAD idea. I want to move out of ths state so badly. My son is on the dev.disability waiver and the funds are FROZEN. He will likely NEVER get services. Unless someone dies or comes of the program, then they will never help. THEN there is a waiting list. How many have to die or come off the program first? I have no idea, but he was on the short term and they took it upon themselves to move him to long term. *****GEORGIA IS *NOT* THE PLACE FOR SERVICES OR FUNDING******* > > > Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... > Annie > > To: > From: pastmidvale@... > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 > Subject: Retiring>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the > > taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we would > > have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my DH > > AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all the > > funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of > > finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty > > (to > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 It is a documented fact that Ga schools and the state of GA in general is 49th out of 50 states for providing services. In my expereince, even schools in EAST COBB (a affluent area in metro Atlanta) where we used to live still have very poor educational services, even for those WITHOUT special needs. 9Of course, I have HIGH expectations for my children---NO, not saying you don't Sara). For us, it NOT an option for my son to attend public school. He has documented medical evidence that supports he cannot be in such an environment, lest he be subject to dying due to his immune deficiency. He almost did die when he was in public school before, not to mention the abuse he suffered. Even though I live here, and have lived in the richest sections of GA to the poorest sections of GA, I do NOT recommend living here at all. Sad is the truth, but plain and unvarnished. > > > > > > > > > Wow Georgia is sounding good!! We don't take advantage of much funding > > ourselves....I always procrastinate when getting on lists etc....I always > > had the attitude we did not need it (sorry I am not trying to sound stuck > > up...it just seemed other people out there would need it more...) but things > > just get sooo expensive for instance workers as Sherry mentioned...we don't > > have any and really could use someone to work with Wes for a few hours a > > week to keep him focused and active instead of stimming while we get some > > things done.....anyone who is any good charges 20 plus dollars per > > hour....we cannot afford that but they charge that since people's funding > > pays that much.....college students or younger who would work more cheaply > > and who are diligent are hard to come by these days.... > > > Annie > > > > > > To: > > > From: pastmidvale@ > > > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:45:30 -0400 > > > Subject: Retiring>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We were living in PA where ELie had all the funding he needed. BUT the > > > > > > taxes were so high I would have had to work clear to 70 and still we > > would > > > > > > have fallen behind. By moving to GA, I was able to retire at 64 with my > > DH > > > > > > AND Elie had great schooling - pure fluke I will admit- AND he got all > > the > > > > > > funding necessary (not all I would like but enough) within 2 years of > > > > > > finishing school. AND I get to live in the mountains away from the nasty > > > > > > (to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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