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Robert Auten
Age: 59
From: Chanute, Neosho County
Impact of Budget Cuts: On Waiting List for Services
LOC Score: 37
Senator: Dwayne Umbarger (14th)
Representative: Jerry Williams (8th)
My name is Robert Auten.
I am a 59 year old, single man. On May 28,
2002, while admitted to Neosho Memorial Regional
Medical Center in Chanute, KS for heart problems, a
blood disorder, and seizures, I applied for
disability. I have hepatitis B with kidney
failure and had my right arm amputated in 1964.
I am in the process of beginning dialysis. I
take 14 different medications. The medications I
take prohibit me from driving. I have a Co-Pay
of $3.00 for each prescription I take.
Since May I have had to move 5 times and I am trying to get an apartment through the Chanute Housing Authority.
I receive $522.00 a month through SSI. I have been on the PD waiting list for 7 months. I need help with transportation, cooking, cleaning, shopping and taking my medications since I have no family available for informal support. I have been working with SKIL (Southeast Kansas Independent Living Center) trying to get HCBS so that I don't have to live in a nursing home.
Gerald Scott l Contents l Mary Moore
Statewide Independent Living Council of
Kansas
www.silck.org
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