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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend
I feel like my case manager is not leveling with me. She said assisted living facilities usually have 2 people in a room. That sounds like a nursing home. She's trying to discourage me from going into one.
She advises me to live in a one room, shared bathroom, place in another county with other people. That would be the end of some of my hobbies. It's sounds like they share the shores. I don't want to clean up after other people anymore. They have a shared kitchen. That means I'm not going to get the diet that I thought that I was going to get, and I probably will end up on dialysis.
I hate this new developement. I don't know why she dropped this idea on me on a Friday. I will be worrying about this all weekend. BF  |
If you have Medicaid, you should be able to get all day, daily care from an Aide. Just went on Medicaid myself and my neighbor who is housebound also is on Medicaid and has a daily Aide. We talked about this yesterday and if it wasn't for his Aide, he would be in Assisted Living.
It always happens on the eve of a weekend before you can do anything about it. I don't know why that happens, perhaps Murphy's Law?
I just found out late afternoon on Friday that I am on Medicaid, but that conflicts with the denial letter I got several months ago. Now I have to wait throughout the weekend to verify this, so I have been on pins and needles over this.
Understand about shared bathrooms and bedrooms and not having your privacy. I qualified for Section 8 in my county and am living in a county owned building. Could your case manager look into this for you?
I get it about food. I had to go on Meals on Wheels for the last 12 months and my AIC went from 4 to 6.8 and everything is starch so I gained 30 pounds as well. It's not the best food, but it's food and I try not to complain.... much.
Good luck tomorrow in finding out resources for you !!
Blue