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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
Gang, this OP is asking for a foundation to help support someone she considers family that is moving into her home. My posts have come from my background as a social worker to steer her to resources that are available and have not been tapped by a person who alleges a medical background and thus should not be clueless and helpless. I'm not heartless...I expect a person to use resources they already have before asking for the public to chip in. For example, Medicare/Medicaid should provide a wheel chair and then a scooter without having to convert a golf cart. If doctors don't think a motorized wheelchair is needed, maybe somebody out there wants to pay for that convenience?
To posters who support the OP's idea of her starting a foundation to crowdsource money without knowing anything to verify whether this situation is genuine,
It must be true that there's a sucker born every minute.
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First of all: I am an RN, been one since 2009--check it out to verify for free on the state board of FL and look up my license TRACEY MOORE- THE VILLAGES (Sumter County). I have worked night shift for 3 1/2 years--which I never even saw a Case Manager. Second--I managed a Freedom Pointe Rehab for a year- and yes I have contacts, but I still have questions. I relocated to this area last June full-time- and I haven't searched anything like this before--I am a newbie for a disabled family member. I am a cardiac nurse by trade now Emergency Nurse.
Medicare Social Worker stated he doesn't even get a commode/shower chair. Social work (Jill) stated he does not qualify for a electric wheelchair because he has use of his hands and can operate a manual one. Because SCI (Spinal Cord injury) patients don't require bathroom shower chairs I was told today- no to that as well. He is currently in room 509 at Shepard Spinal Rehab Center in Atlanta GA 2020 Peachtree Road NW Atlanta GA 30309. His name is Benjamin Norris. Feel free to verify. The best Spinal Cord Rehab on the east coast. Medicare didn't pay for him to get there- he had to take a loan to pay for the flight and made that decision based on the doctors recommendations that was the best place to go. There was one closer so they didn't cover the cost of the medical plane to transport. He fractured C5-C7, T1 to T8 and L1. With complete injury T-1. He was doing well after the fall--then ended up coding (his heart stopped twice) before they could even do surgery. They brought him back in the ICU at Winchester Medical Center. He had to have a TRACH and PEG tube placed the same day they secured the spine. He was also on and off a ventilator for a week.
He fell while volunteering his time. He is not a Veteran. He has suffered greatly. He has great spirits and will do okay with me and the community.I visited him for the first time this weekend after learning the difficulty of finding placement near his biological daughter. It was easy for me to say for him to come here with me. We have a house with the shower that will allow him to easily get in an still have dignity (I am his daughter even though I am a nurse).
Please continue to send tips and although there are people out there that may think less of those who look for community support--shame on you--if it hasn't happened to your family and you are not living in it--save the "I expect...and as far as a sucker, I am sure he will be willing to meet people and tell his story when arrives--scheduled discharge date from Shepard 09/18 or 09/19.