Elder-caregivers

She also has COPD and was being evicted from her apartment, too ill to cope. It was miraculous: the application process was not easy, but it helped that I spoke directly to the property manager of several facilities in town, who was really responsive to my asking for help. My friend had been turned down several times, but it turned out there was a program she was eligible for. With the manager’s advice, we got a nurse to certify that my friend needed daily living help, and the city assistance program determined she was eligible for its program to subsidize her housing and services at a wonderful local assisted living apartment building. Her cost was calculated as a percentage of her social security income. After just 3 months staying with me, she was able to move into the new apartment.

Everyone should be so lucky: rather, such good service should be, in this wealthy society of ours, easily available to everyone! Good luck with your brother. COPD is a terrible condition.