Hi Greg , I'm so sorry to hear about the experience of your grandmother. I encourage everybody to write about the new labor laws that drastically affect people on self-directed care. It will cut The Number of Hours a Caregiver Can Work. Caregivers have to work extra hours, because Of the Difficulty of finding people who will work for the hourly rate paid for the caregivers on state programs. States Do Not have the money to pay time and a half. This is Really an important issue To contact your legislators about. These laws have been waived in the past reguarding consumer directed care programs. Does this affect their anyone else on the Quad-list? Dana
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2013, at 11:18 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, if you live to be 90 sitting in a nursing home, unable to get a > drink of water........waiting to die, life can be worse than death itself. My > grandma just died in a nursing home at 89 yrs old of thirst. they wouldnt > even give her drinks of water throughout the day. Imagine the hell of that, > with a pitcher sitting on the table near you. People will save a rabies > infested dog quicker than they would help an old person................the > world is getting sick. There has to be a better way to deal with old and > disabled folks without family support. I told my mom, can you imagine if you > put a hidden camera in each room at nursing homes. She said that wouldnt work > because every attendent and nurse would be fired, lol. > > Ron > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 8:09 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] Its Not About The Number Of Years... > > Its Not About The Number Of Years you get. Its all about how you spend those > hours, minutes and seconds. Enjoy life to your fullest. > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 9/18/2013 5:03:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > I had no idea that Dave passed away. Now I'm bummed out. I'm glad he had a > wonderful life. > > > > > >
