Re: Homebound

[Guest guest]

>One summer my son received 6 hours a week of homebound services--he

had a doctor's note that he would not be allowed to attend summer

school and would regress without services.<

If a doctor writes a letter stating your child needs to be educated at home or

a half day or whatever for medical reasons the school has to comply. The time

and quality won't be as good but they have to do it. My daughter was homebound

twice (not autistic) in high school.

[Guest guest]

As far as I know, homebound is one word. And I can remember being homebound for

more than 2 years straight about 12 years ago, and spells of not going out even

now. I'm still not a fan of leaving the house, so I normally stay close and

tinker to pass the time. It just gets to be a pain to fight crowds and

insensitive folks, and only one of my sisters has a handicap accessible house.

For me it also gets to be a drag loading and unloading my scooter after finally

finding a parking place that's not blocked by those that don't have a

disability. You know the ones I'm talking about, don't you? We just have to do

what is necessary and try not to depend on others, at least in my case. I've had

this mess for 16 years now and it's still going strong!

Dennis

[ ] Homebound

Hi,

I just reread my message of 12/17, and I'm amazed at how time

can be distorted. This was nine days ago, and I thought my

current troubles started this past Thursday.

As matters stand now, I am homebound. I can walk from one

room to another very slowly and painfully, but I can't really leave

the house. I tried to go out yesterday and managed to get half a

block downhill before I gave up and turned back. I finally

admitted to myself that I am homebound.

Tomorrow I am going to take a car service to either the clinic or

hospital if I can get past my front yard. If I can't, it will be

ambulance time. My Primary said she couldn't make a

diagnosis without my neurologist's analysis or whatever. The

Primary called me today, and I left a message for the

hard-to-contact neurologist. She is a bit nervy! My pain levels

are increasing, and my walking is still getting worse.

Is anyone else in this group homebound? How are you dealing

with it? Is homebound really spelled as one word?

[Guest guest]

I have seen homebound spelled both ways in medical charts...

and yeah, sometimes I am homebound, sometimes I am bed bound or chair bound or

couch bound and have even been bathtub bound or stuck in tub unable to get

out.it all depends what body part is flaring at any particular time. I have

been bed bound for an hour or for weeks...(altho thank goodness not recently)

Sometimes I cannot dress cuz my hands and fingers will not tolerate handling my

clothes, sometimes it is becuz my shoulders can not tolerate the movement to get

clothes on.sometimes my hands cannot tolerate putting my shoes on, sometimes my

feet will not give enough for me to put them on.

Sometimes my hips do not allow me to walk, the back and forth movement is too

intolerable, sometimes it is my knees, sometimes my ankles, sometimes my feet or

toes.

Sometimes I walk, sometimes I use a cane, some days my hands will not hold a

cane, on occasion I use crutches, but my shoulders and or wrists and hands do

not handle crutches well at all, some days I can use a walker, sometimes not- I

also have an electric scooter and a wheelchair..

It all just depends. There are even days I cannot get my hands to my mouth,

when my shoulders really get bad....and some days when my hands cannot grasp

food or utensils or glasses at all to eat.

and then there are days when I am OK, just weak.no more 50 pound bags of dog

food or cat litter at my house- no more 24 packs of soda pop, not when it is me

shopping. and this year I gave up my fav winter coat becuz most of the time it

is too heavy for my fingers and wrists and struggling my arms into the sleeves

is painful.

and yes, then there is also overwhelming fatigue some days where I do not have

pain and maybe I have pretty good movement but I am just sooooo tired.

and then.there are days when I can pretty much go about my normal business, but

hafta remember I still might no longer be able to lift what I used to.

- In , " alblau999 " <alblau999@y...> wrote:

>

> Hi,

> I just reread my message of 12/17, and I'm amazed at how time

> can be distorted. This was nine days ago, and I thought my

> current troubles started this past Thursday.

>

> As matters stand now, I am homebound. I can walk from one

> room to another very slowly and painfully, but I can't really leave

> the house. I tried to go out yesterday and managed to get half a

> block downhill before I gave up and turned back. I finally

> admitted to myself that I am homebound.

>

> Tomorrow I am going to take a car service to either the clinic or

> hospital if I can get past my front yard. If I can't, it will be

> ambulance time. My Primary said she couldn't make a

> diagnosis without my neurologist's analysis or whatever. The

> Primary called me today, and I left a message for the

> hard-to-contact neurologist. She is a bit nervy! My pain levels

> are increasing, and my walking is still getting worse.

>

> Is anyone else in this group homebound? How are you dealing

> with it? Is homebound really spelled as one word?

>

[Guest guest]

The school will do it, it's called Home Hospital or similar. I looked into it for my son. They give u all the materials and assignments and then they send a tutor for about 2 hrs/wk to do lessons. Kind of homeschooling w/ the school"s materials. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: "wilma1866@..." <wilma1866@...>Sender: Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:32:36 -0000< >Reply Subject: ( ) Homebound I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about this? TU

[Guest guest]

Homebound is done by the school district and is usually 5 hours a week. More for older grades.-- Sent from my Palm PreOn Oct 11, 2010 8:41, wilma1866@... <wilma1866@...> wrote:

I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about this? TU

[Guest guest]

When my daughter was out of school 20 consectutive days (I think it was 20) our

child's psychiatrist wrote a short note that she

was out of school due to a medical reason (anxiety) and

home instruction began after school hours. My daughter was

able to go to the school after hours. I also have a 16 year old niece

with the same issues and she was home instructed by the school

at her home from Dec - June last year. This year she still

won't go back, home instruction has started again at the

library this time. Her therapist has advocated for a theraputic

school. My daughter is now in an out of district school.

We both have therapists involved in treatment too.

Pam

>

> I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home

instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have

an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist

and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of

charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about

this? TU

>

[Guest guest]

Just two hours a week? I have a really hard time getting my child to do any work for me. It is almost impossible. Ugh! Did you have to do an I.E.P first?On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:42 AM, dcmusicteacher@... wrote:

The school will do it, it's called Home Hospital or similar. I looked into it for my son. They give u all the materials and assignments and then they send a tutor for about 2 hrs/wk to do lessons. Kind of homeschooling w/ the school"s materials. Sent via BlackBerry by AT & TFrom: "wilma1866@..." <wilma1866@...>

Sender:

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:32:36 -0000< >Reply

Subject: ( ) Homebound

I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about this? TU

[Guest guest]

My son is on homebound services through the school system. They do not do very many hours though, only 5 a week. I suppliment the hours though doing my own homeschool with him, most of his lessons are online which help because he is more of a visual learner. But yes, if you have a note from the doctor for homebound services, the school has to abide by it. But they do those services mainly for chronically ill children. DarlaFrom:

"wilma1866@..." <wilma1866@...> Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 8:32:36 PMSubject: ( ) Homebound

I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about this? TU

[Guest guest]

Thinking waaaaaay back in time, I had this service when I missed a lot of school

with mono in middle school. Even though the instruction time was pretty minimal

at only a couple hours a week, I remember that having the one on one time with

the tutor was helpful for a math class that I had been struggling with in

school. Good luck!

Bridget

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> The school will do it, it's called Home & Hospital or similar. I looked into

it for my son. They give u all the materials and assignments and then they send

a tutor for about 2 hrs/wk to do lessons. Kind of homeschooling w/ the school " s

materials.

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> Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

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> ( ) Homebound

>

> I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home

instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have

an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist

and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of

charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about

this? TU

>

[Guest guest]

My child is in 6th grade.On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Robyn Iuliano wrote:

Homebound is done by the school district and is usually 5 hours a week. More for older grades.-- Sent from my Palm PreOn Oct 11, 2010 8:41, wilma1866@... <wilma1866@...> wrote:

I lost all of my old emails, but someone mentioned once that they get home instruction for their sick child. I think they said that they did not even have an IEP, because their child was too sick. I mentioned this to my Psychiatrist and she said that our insurance would usually pay for that or some kind of charity. She said the school system would not. Does anyone know anything about this? TU