Hi Scott,
That's amazing! In this country, what type of care you receive
depends on which state you live in. A few states will pay for round
the clock in home care but most don't. Instead, you are shipped to a
nursing home. However, most nursing homes won't accept vent dependent
quads so you have to go to whatever state will accept you - sometimes
hundreds of miles from your family and friends where you have to live
out the rest of your life.
Dan
At 05:28 PM 11/26/2010, Scott Chivo said:
Dan
In early 1997 I was in an auto accident that severed my spinal cord
At c1, at that time long term care was in upheaval, NHC was in the
process of coming up with new guidelines, fortunately I was still
getting everything paid for. In 1999 a lady who was also a
tetraplegic although not as high as c1 sued NHC to basically have
them pay everything she needed because of her injury, she won, it
took a while for benefits to filter down, but they pay for
everything that I need including round the clock care
Scott
--- On Thu, 25/11/10, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Just found this site
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 3:01
Hey Scott,
Welcome! How is life for Quads in England? Such as Health care and
how many hours a week are you allowed for attendants?
Dan
At 06:02 PM 11/24/2010, Scott Chivo said something that elicited my response:
> My name is Scott Chivo and I Live in London uk. I am a c1
tetraplegic complete post 14 years, I have no function or sensation
from my chin down. I hope I can learn from other on this site. Scott
