Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Bobbi - one other angle you might want to check into: If your dad is not working, hasn't worked for quite some time, he may qualify for assistance from the county/state for at least the pre transplant medical care/ diagnosis he needs from specialists. Here in Arizona, our state insurance does pay for transplants. Jan H On 1/9/08, abijann <no_reply > wrote: > Your dad is in the last stages of this disease. It would be the > best thing now to have an advance directive or durable power of > attorney set up and signed by him so that one family member can > speak for him, handle his affairs, and also to be able to speak > with his doctors directly. The privacy laws are murder on loved > ones who do not have this. > > The next thing is SS Disablily and SSI. Your dad is disabled and you > should apply asap for not just these but also Medicare and Medicaid. > Here is a site that I post that usually will help people financially.. > it is for cancer patients, but is very beneficial for other people > with diseases like cirrhosis: > http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/financial- > assistance > > You may want to check into the doctor and see if he will sign > for Hospice...this organization will take care of your Dad at home > if they consider that he may not live past 6 months. This is > for those who don't want to continue under hospital care, usually, > and are not interested in having a transplant. > > There is also the Area of the Aging organization in many areas and > there may be one close to you. You can find them in the > telephone book under government or go to this website: > http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/eldfam/How_To_Find/Agencies/Agencies.asp > If you call them and tell them what is happening, they will > sometimes help those who are disabled and will definitely help > especially if your dad is a senior citizen. > > If your Dad wants to have a liver transplant...this site will > tell you the process you need to go to for him to have one and > more about his liver: > http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/hep/patientguide/index.html > > If you check the earlier past posts, by others, on the group site > itself, you will see many links to learn more about cirrhosis and > what the patient is going through...you could also check the link > section of this group. > > You could contact your local hospital and see if they know of a > social worker... social worker can help you with these problems > because they know of financial organization that help patient in > need. > > There are many transplant hospitals known as Transplant Centers. > If you type in your state and then place Transplant Center after > that...then you may easily find one in your area and get your > dad with one of their specialists, Hepatologist or Gastroenterologist. > > I hope this has been of some help to you. > > Ask anything you like on here...many of us have already gone through > this and even have lost loved ones to this disease. Feel free > to join in and post anything, including how you feel about all this.. > we are here to help you. This is a very trying time and emotionally > draining one. They tell all caregivers to be sure that they > take care of themselves before taking care of the patient...that > is because some burn out fast if they don't do this and end up > sick and unable to take care of the patient when they need them > the most. Take care > > > > > -- Jan H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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