It was the legislation written by a quad to allow non medical personnel who were hired through an agency to do bowel care, cathing, and wound care.
Joan From: Merrill [mailto:merril...@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:23 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] Help I missed the thread, what again is the legislation? _____ From: Joan Anglin [mailto:poaj...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:10 PM To: ladyno...@aol.com; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Help Hi Naomi No, the legislation was written by a C56 quad about 23 years ago. He wrote the legislation and pushed it through the state legislature to be on a two year grant program, I do not know who writes the grants when they need renewing It is pretty awesome as it allows for up to five HRS per day, seven days a week. It also allow non medical personnel to handle bowel care, cathing, and wound care after being signed off by an RN. Otherwise Nevada legislature states that all that sort of thing must be done by trained medical personnel. Because I have been in the field of mental retardation and mental health I was aware of this program before I broke my neck. So it enabled me to come home from rehab, 3 1/2 months after I broke my neck, and after the first 30 days of Home Health paid for by the insurance company I was able to be accepted into this program. Now I advocate for newly injured and encourage the families to apply just as soon as they know when their loved one is coming home. It certainly helps to make the transition easier. (if there is an easy way to make such a transition J) Joan Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
