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Mary Moore
From: Columbus, Cherokee County
Impact of Budget Cuts: Waiting List Eligibility Raised
LOC Score: 28
Senator: Dwayne Umbarger (14th)
Representative: Doug Gatewood (1st)
I am a Diabetic and I fall
several times per day. I have had open-heart
surgery and continue to have great difficulty with
heart problems. I get fatigued easily. I
have lung problems as well as severe arthritis and I
have to take several medications. I need help with
bathing, cleaning, shopping, and transportation.
My daughter does all my shopping, bathes me, and also cleans my house. She has had to stop her life to take care of me. She would have opportunities to work and spend more time with her family if she did not have to take care of me everyday.
I have been hospitalized three times for my heart conditions since May of 2002. It is unsafe for me to walk any distance without assistance. Many times a day, in my own home, I find myself laying on the floor until someone comes to check on me. If my daughter can not get in touch with me on the phone, she panics and drives over to my house to see if I have fallen and am lying on the floor somewhere or if I am simply still alive.
I am at the point that if I do not get some help in my home, I will have to go into a nursing home. Raising the score was unfair, especially after I met the criteria and was assessed before the score was raised for in-home services. If you don't think I need the services you can call my doctors.
My daughter had to quit her job at Dollar General Stores so that she would be able to take care of me. PLEASE do what is right and provide services so that my daughter can live her life and so that I am not forced to go into a nursing home.
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