Try contacting your local center for independent living. They should be able to get you information on how to get help that's available. I hope that is helpful. Best Wishes, John s.
-------- Original message -------- From: Gail Overton <[email protected]> Date: 08/05/2015 12:28 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Gmail <[email protected]>, Todd Daugherty <[email protected]> Cc: Joan Anglin <[email protected]>, Fragile <[email protected]>, quad-list <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Reevaluated How does anyone get approval for home health aid care? My husband is a totally dependent quadriplegic and his insurance does not cover any home health. The only way we can get it in Arizona is if he is eligible for AHCCS which we are not because our income exceeds the minimum and same with Medi-cal in California. Does anyone know a way to get paid home health if you are not on state insurance? From: Gmail [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 9:15 AM To: Todd Daugherty Cc: Joan Anglin; Fragile; quad-list Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Reevaluated Home health care aids Smile Everyday On Aug 5, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Todd Daugherty <[email protected]> wrote: What are you all referring to in this thread? I'm reading that you all are being evaluated and are getting hours. What are the hours for that your talking about? Todd D c6inc ᐧ On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Joan Anglin <[email protected]> wrote: We do the same thing, but you guys can get more hours than we can. I get 28 hours a week which is maximum! Thank goodness for my great family and friends. Joan From: Fragile [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 5:09 AM To: quad-list Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Reevaluated Yeah, every year. This year they gave me 36.5 hours per week. I asked the caseworker where the 0.5 hours come from, she told me it's determined by some kind of computer algorithm. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: I had one of those days when a representative came out (once a year) to reevaluate me to SEE if I'm still a quad. Answering all their questions, for me, REALLY brings it home for me. I couldn't stop crying once the nurse left. But I'm reinstated there going to let me keep my 40 hours per week and my chair, hoyer and bed. Anybody else have to go through this periodically? Bobbie Smile Everyday
