[Felvtalk] Can we help this woman.....

[Kelley S]

The south is MUCH different from New York State.  It is much cheaper to
live here and there are correspondingly fewer services.  I could never
dream of having a lot of stuff they have in NYS.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:12 PM, ROBERT CHAPEL <bchapel at optonline.net> wrote:

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> Having a hard time ( as usual) getting this all straight in the digest
> form....ie... where this woman and her cats actually stand at the
> moment....but...
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> I would suggest, as a possibility,  ( and I can only remember 2 instances
> when I have made this suggestion) that she have herself admitted to the
> local hospital and tell them she has NO where to go upon
> discharge....though should not admit this up front.     The last 11 yrs of
> my life I worked as a Hospital ER and Inpatient Social Worker  and
> Hospitals ( at least in NYS) are not allowed to discharge patients who are
> homeless and in need of medical services post discharge....  This will put
> a discharge planner on the case who will assist with finding a place for
> her to live.....  Admittedly...   it will not be the perfect arrangement
> but might buy her some time and will definitely be better than
> nothing.....     I could say with assurance if she lived in NYS that this
> would BE a good answer.... SC could well be different....     If I could
> speak with her directly I would know better if this could be an answer for
> her  ( are her animals all still with her at this point??)
> I have time I could devote to this but precious little extra money.... my
> own cats are eating up my expendable income....
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> I cannot tell you how many times I was severely scammed by people doing
> this simply TO get housing..... bout time the secret was out for someone
> who deserves the assistance ( legitimate decent people seldom DO this
> intentionally)....      Just a suggestion....     I'm also wondering if she
> has home health services??  Health Insurance??  Likely has state Medicaid
> given her situation and the Section 8 approval.....   She NEEDS state
> Social Services involved
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