As a disabled person who has been through this mess many times, I
say, fight them with everything at your disposal. Call a advcate,
lawyer, and the press, and take them to the mat!
Blane
:-)
On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 19:11:49, -0500 PaulamH(AT)prodigy.com (MS PAULA M
HOWANIEC) writes:
>My home health agency recently terminated my care due to a lack of
>available nurses. I called 22 other agencies and they said they had
>no nurses to staff my case. One agency even refused to accept me as
>a client because Medicaid is funding for my care and the
>reimbursement rate is too low!!! Finally one agency took my on as a
>client. They sent 2 nurses out to work for 3 days. The first nurse
>refused to do some things that I wanted done and the second nurse
>refused to transfer me out of bed! The agency then called me and
>told me I would have to stay in bed!! Then they said I would have to
>"change" my routine to accomodate the nurses!! I feel my rights have
>been violated. Any advice?
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