The south is MUCH different from New York State. It is much cheaper to live here and there are correspondingly fewer services. I could never dream of having a lot of stuff they have in NYS.
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:12 PM, ROBERT CHAPEL <bcha...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > > Having a hard time ( as usual) getting this all straight in the digest > form....ie... where this woman and her cats actually stand at the > moment....but... > > I would suggest, as a possibility, ( and I can only remember 2 instances > when I have made this suggestion) that she have herself admitted to the > local hospital and tell them she has NO where to go upon > discharge....though should not admit this up front. The last 11 yrs of > my life I worked as a Hospital ER and Inpatient Social Worker and > Hospitals ( at least in NYS) are not allowed to discharge patients who are > homeless and in need of medical services post discharge.... This will put > a discharge planner on the case who will assist with finding a place for > her to live..... Admittedly... it will not be the perfect arrangement > but might buy her some time and will definitely be better than > nothing..... I could say with assurance if she lived in NYS that this > would BE a good answer.... SC could well be different.... If I could > speak with her directly I would know better if this could be an answer for > her ( are her animals all still with her at this point??) > I have time I could devote to this but precious little extra money.... my > own cats are eating up my expendable income.... > > I cannot tell you how many times I was severely scammed by people doing > this simply TO get housing..... bout time the secret was out for someone > who deserves the assistance ( legitimate decent people seldom DO this > intentionally).... Just a suggestion.... I'm also wondering if she > has home health services?? Health Insurance?? Likely has state Medicaid > given her situation and the Section 8 approval..... She NEEDS state > Social Services involved > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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