On 5 Feb 2001, 12:54, Marsha wrote:
> Now on to a new query. This one actually comes from my sister and I
> thought this might be a good place to start my research.
>
> She is 62 and wants to retire. Her youngest child is severely disabled
> and lives in a group home - she is in a wheelchair, wears diapers, and
> requires total care.
>
> My sister would like to retire to Guadalajara the Lake Chapala area in
> Mexico as she has found she can retire there and afford to live. The
> kicker is Brenda. Either there would have to be some sort of good group
> home there for her to be in (she's in her middle 20's) or some sort of
> supportive services at home as my sister can't lift her daughter.
>
> Anyone have contacts in this part of Mexico or have some good getting
> started ideas?
The latter. I am going to put an idea in your head just now.
>From the research I did on the web this evening, I get the impression
that indigent care is not very good in Mexico. There may be a few
exceptions to that, but I could not find anything like that on the web.
Mexico has a National Health plan for it's citizens and it just does
not meet the kinds of needs your sister's daughter would require. The
richer Mexican citizens and Americans living in that country, usually
go outside the National Health plan and pay more for private doctors or
go across the border to American doctors and hospitals.
While I am hesitate to agree with your sister's plans, I will offer you
this suggestion -- look to the Catholic Church and other churches that
do charity work in Mexico. Here is a site listing many such orders
working in Mexico now:
http://www.universalis.com/cgi-bin/display/links.htm
The Franciscan Province of Saint Lazarus would seem to do good work in
the indigent care and hospice fields. You might check them out.
http://franciscanum.org/
Alas, though...that web site is pretty much a dead end right now. No
contact address or helpful content. Very modest. :-)
Okay...I guess I am going to have to be clever here...
Here is their address:
THE FRANCISCAN PROVINCE OF SAINT LAZARUS
1500 PINE STREET SUITE 1002
OMAHA, NE 68108
Phone: 402 342-4537
Give them a call or write a letter and seek their advice in this matter.
> Thanks in advance for putting on your thinking caps.
Good luck to your sister. :-)
Alan
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