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hi all i've been mulling about ivan's situation too maybe because it's potentially close to my own ivan, you live alone with pd so do i, at the moment you need in-house personal care attendants / attendance i don't, at the moment you have been designated a disabled site by the Powers That Be so have i you are entitled to government financial assistance due to impoverishment so am i what are our living accommodation alternatives? 'hospital' sounds extreme and a waste of resources 'nursing home' sounds the same 'chronic care ward' ditto you and i would be trouble on four feet in such places managers of such places within a 100km radius of us should be quaking in their boots at the mere thought! what about something like 'assisted living' where help is optional if i, as a Designated Disabled and Dollar Disadvantaged Site, am entitled to grab bars in my bathroom installed at no charge by the Authority of the Powers That Be why would i not be entitled to home care assistance [be it washing my hair or my floor] or a motorised wheelchair or a vacuum cleaner or dental care or education assistance or a replacement bio-engineered arm or .......[fill in the blank] under the same terms? if such an item promoted my ability to live independently and thus more productively as well as [hellloooooo!] at a lower cost to the PTB? [not that cost/benefit ratios as applied to healthcare don't still make my skin crawl] i'd best stop all this mulling now before i get into real trouble janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>