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^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 39 deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** The local time is 1022PM. I again am without any nighttime help, have had 2 ambulances hee, and need your help, if at all possible, NOW, to prevent institutionalization. Maine's SEnate and HOuse are in an all-night session to conclude the Legislative session TONIGHT. They are expected to be voting, and introducing EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS all night long, to the Governor's budget proposal. My live-in caregiver, and my 2 overnight workers have all LEFT for other jobs, because the pay rate for overnight work, 12:15 AM to 6:45 AM is just $15.00. Not per hour, just $15.00 - about $2.00 per hour. The daytime rate is hourly, at $7.30/hour. I have been waking up alone and unable to turn in bed to get my medicaitons, and TWO ambulances were sent to my honme, by people in other cities, worried about me, yesterday morning. . PLEASE, if you can, call Maine's Senate President, Mark Lawrence, (207) 287- 1540 and Maine;s SPeaker of the House of Representatives, Steven Rowe, (207) 287-1400, and ask that an EMERGENCY AMENDMENT be introduced TONIGHT , RIGHT NOW , in the all-night session that will go for several more hours. Maine's governor Angus King is 207 287-3531, and my home phone is 207- 797-8488. SUCH amendment can change the OVERNIGHT pay rate from $15.00 to $10/hour, or in my case, $70.00 Thank you. PWP's and CG's and friends. Your call could prevent me , and others like me, from losing my battle to stay home, and could stop the Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, which pays my care providers, from forcing me to be placed in nursing home. Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 Exhausted but still fighting....like a tiger!