In a message dated 24/11/2004 00:00:43 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Hello everyone,
In response to Mark's query:
I am
a C- 5-6 quadriplegic of 24 years survival. I happened to be in a
nursing home when they first were developing the brain and spinal cord injury
Medicaid waiver program and a misguided social worker was telling me about
some great program that was going to help me the only thing is it was the
wrong program. But I did find out about the Medicaid waiver brain and
spinal cord program which Thom Delilah was putting together at the time.
I talked with him a good deal over the first few years before it came to
fruition. This allowed me to be in the program very early.
During
a conference with my caseworker, Tom Delilah, and Bill Rineking all of the
brain and spinal cord injury program somehow Thom Delilah came up with the
figure of $2700 per month for my care out of the blue. This was after
about two hours of total absurdity around my kitchen table. After they
left my mother shook her head and couldn't believe that they were running a
program.
Since I have a three-bedroom home and only I live here,
I could provide my five-day care provider a place to live and an extra $500
per month. The part-time person received $1200 per month to work two
days and two nights to relieve the five-day person.
Loren
Hi Loren,
Hey there! I'mSmurf and I'm 20 from the UK! I'm a paraplegic of
2yrs 8 months after a combination of a car accident and a fall. The group
is a great place to chat, make new friends and generally feel less isolated
through SCI! I'll keep it short and sweet for now, but I'm sure we will
chat again int he near future!
Love Smurf xxx
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