Ivan---your account is a mixture of bad and good news---I don't understand the ineligibility for asst'd living, but am glad Tyrone is able to help you now. I gather that refers to Maine's rules for p[aying for it..... The word re: your atty is encouraging. The news re: house is not ! Hope the insurance will take care of it. SNIPPED> >I am NOT eligible for nursing home level of home care, >nor assisted living at this time, because along >with the cut to 5 hours from 13 PCA >hours per day goes a LOSS of nursing >home eligibility. So I have to be admitted >to a hospital to get care, and that has >not happened, or get care at home , somehow. > >On Sunday, the huge ice build-up >on the roof caused one of the walls to >start soaking up meltwater, and my >house began to have problems >including a back door that won't >open, and water seeping into the >interior walls. An insurance >adjuster arrived today. > >My Disability Rights lawyer filed >a brilliant Argument today to >Maine Dept of Human Services >Commissioner , Kevin Concannon, >and I am praying tha t this will > convince him to restore my >PCA hours , and nursing home level >of care eligibility for homnecare. > >I am being taken care of at home >primarily by a friend who has become >a live-in PCA , and we are recruiting >other helpers. His name is Tyrone. > >God is blessing both of us and teaching >us how to endure hardships.. > >Ivan >:-) > > > >On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:38:16 -0800 Joan Hartman <[log in to unmask]> >writes: >> >> Here's the corrected # for Ivan ...sorry.....207 797 >> 8488... Joan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- Joan Hartman >> >> --- [log in to unmask] >> >> --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > >^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 51/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) >******************************************************************** Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH <[log in to unmask]> On PDWebring at : http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm ####################################### Tomorrow is a gift that is wrapped in Hope. #######################################