http://mymotherslife.com Dedicated to the Only Woman I'll Love, My Mother. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/caregiving-is-expensive/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/caregiving-is-expensive/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:44:21 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=745 Share|It is a hard job, that many seem to not understand. Caring for an elderly parent isn't just an emotion drain, but is a financial one as well. Despite having socialized health care, we are ignoring those who need it the most. We refuse to accept that not everyone has a lot of disposable income, to spend on things like food, over the counter drugs, added heating costs. We put everything into a formula, but we ignore the human factor.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/caregiving-is-expensive/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/home-support-is-for/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/home-support-is-for/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:59 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=743 Share|Seems to me that a company getting over $15,000 for one single patient, over two years, and no one is checking up on them, is bizarre and reckless. Consider how many patients Beacon Community Services administers to, and multiply that amount by them. Yet when did VIHA bother to send in someone to make sure the services supplied, are what is being paid for? So much for being Conservative, don't you think? Sort of more like spendthrift is you ask me.

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