KayTheCurler
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Everyone I know who goes/has been to the US purchased health insurance before leaving. Apparently it is necessary to read and understand the choices available as some are useless expense.
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Mendalla
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For now, I have coverage through work as does Mrs. M. We are generally only down there for a couple weeks at a time anyhow, not months like a snowbird. However, once we retire, we would have to start looking at this, esp. if Little M ends up stateside as he frequently suggests.
KayTheCurler
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A pretty big group of this community's mobile retirees do the snowbird thing. I belong to a club that finds it a bit difficult to have meaningful gatherings sometimes. Lots of people spend summers at a lake. Lots spend most of the winter in the US. The retirees who stay year round are lower income or very old and barely able to get around unaided. The gap between the haves and have nots are very obvious here in all age groups.
Lastpointe
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Re OHIP as we know Jae lives in Ontario
The service Ontario site will tell you that you may be out of province for 7 months in a calendar year and still maintain your coverage. There are some stipulations about that related to your current situation. The site is quite clear
Th six months snow birds toss around is related to the US rules that say you can’t be in the US more that six months without being assessed in world wide income by the IRS. And there is a form, 8840, that you need to fill out that stipulates exact dates you are in the US. Travelling through a port city, say JFK while flying overseas does not count, unless you overnight there
When my son went to school in Scotland we were able to go to service Ontario and put his OHIO coverage on temporary absence and when he returned each summer we were able to restart it. Otherwise, when you return to the country you have a three month wait time before OHIO kicks back in
I think most snow birds from Ontario, get some sort of additional blue cross coverage but we read all the stories about how it is iffy about what they will cover.
The service Ontario site will tell you that you may be out of province for 7 months in a calendar year and still maintain your coverage. There are some stipulations about that related to your current situation. The site is quite clear
Th six months snow birds toss around is related to the US rules that say you can’t be in the US more that six months without being assessed in world wide income by the IRS. And there is a form, 8840, that you need to fill out that stipulates exact dates you are in the US. Travelling through a port city, say JFK while flying overseas does not count, unless you overnight there
When my son went to school in Scotland we were able to go to service Ontario and put his OHIO coverage on temporary absence and when he returned each summer we were able to restart it. Otherwise, when you return to the country you have a three month wait time before OHIO kicks back in
I think most snow birds from Ontario, get some sort of additional blue cross coverage but we read all the stories about how it is iffy about what they will cover.
Mrs.Anteater
Just keep going....
I remember a patient who’s wife drove him back to NS from the US after breaking a leg skiing. He got patched up there, but needed surgery, which they could not afford to have done in the US. It wasn’t a pleasant drive....
Mrs.Anteater
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Kimmio,
The OT should be able to tell you what equipment works in your place and give you a prescription. In NS. it needs a health professional for that, not neccessarily a doctor. You should insist on getting home care, not nursing, because as mentioned before, you need help, not wound care.
The OT should be able to tell you what equipment works in your place and give you a prescription. In NS. it needs a health professional for that, not neccessarily a doctor. You should insist on getting home care, not nursing, because as mentioned before, you need help, not wound care.
A physio - she said she's a physiotherapist - from the health authority home/ community nursing service I've been dealing with called late afternoon yesterday and I missed it. She wants to come over today. I'll call her back shortly when they open (it is 8:15 am here).
A physio came over. She was here all afternoon - assessing the bathroom, observing how I move about and get up and down, etc. she ordered a bunch of stuff from RC - my stepdad picked it up 10 min away from here - I have an armrest/ stabilizer device on the toilet (which I am pretty sure my stepdad will like too, while its here) and a bath bench - and someone is booked (she made all the arrangements by phone while she was here - she was super) to help me with bathing 6 times but she thinks and I think that soon I'll get the hang of it by myself. I feel so much better today, to have that done!
Delightful Life
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some do
some dont
we dont really know
DNFTT, paradox3, remember who u r replying 2
on humour
i remember one time i was volunteering at a centre populated by terminal AIDS cases...and the humour they expressed. totally enlightening. i wish i had kept that Edda to Human s**t that one guy read a bit from.
or one time when i was trying out Home Care Support Worker there was this client who was unresponsive had to be helped with all her ADLs...and one time when i was taking her for vittles in the common area something made me want to sing with her...so i asked if it were ok if i sang...i did some horrible operatic bit or so...including kinda dancing
funny thing; i found out later that this client was an Opera singer and i'd like 2 believe that it reached her in some way...
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BetteTheRed
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Sure, but there's a HUGE difference between "i'm gonna go out smiling" and "support workers are my bitch" that is pretty recognizable to workers...
Delightful Life
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everythinz a learning experience
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So my obvious disability (besides being a carbonbased critterofcolour medical model disability freak)
is stuttering
i've had treatment for it
nice 2 see the program is still active
for 3 weeks i learned 2 talk again
by the end of the process going away was a very
teary proposition; lots of bonding happened in that time
i haven't been following the news on stuttering (i'm so out of date lol) but everyone stutters. next time you watch the news try to pay attention to how the anchorcritters speak. funny, eh?
to me most of you sound like you r speaking at light speed. thats when im using my techniques. to pay attention 2 speech.
i had the opportunity to be a guinea pig at iSTAR. they hooked me nogginn up to lectrodes (shez alive! ALIVE!!!) and asked me to listen to and say certain things. the result is there is an area of m6 brain that we all have that seems to be responsible for being a switchboard for sounds that is used to route "this is language over there!" "this is an animal over there!!!" and so forth. well that area is undergoing a kid of mild electrical activity almost like epilepsy.
so we all have stuttering. by a certain age we tend to lose the worse stuff (in elementary). i kept at it.
and stutterers can stutter in different situations (a guy only stuttered with his family) and can even gain more severe stuttering later on in life (someone only stuttered after a car accident)
some days r better than others. i have more fluent days than others.
i have learned 2 b more patient. to listen more. and to try to not sweat those who don't have time ability or patience to hear my grunts and snake lisps. IIIIM COMMMING 4 U BARBARA!
Im better with authority figures now (used to freeze). Im better with cold calls now (this still is 1 of my kryptonites that i think will always challenge me that i complement any call service industry person on their phone presence). I don't think I'll ever though do what an old friend of mine did who stuttered: become a police dispatch lol
When yer with a stutterer, and if you have time and the inclination, try not to finish our sentences. Thaz quite frustrating. Unless you're married 2 the person that is.
If u know how to active listen or use mindfulness techniques these r helpful.
Just dont xpect 2 b perfect
Thatz g_ddess' job
is stuttering
i've had treatment for it
nice 2 see the program is still active
for 3 weeks i learned 2 talk again
by the end of the process going away was a very
teary proposition; lots of bonding happened in that time
i haven't been following the news on stuttering (i'm so out of date lol) but everyone stutters. next time you watch the news try to pay attention to how the anchorcritters speak. funny, eh?
to me most of you sound like you r speaking at light speed. thats when im using my techniques. to pay attention 2 speech.
i had the opportunity to be a guinea pig at iSTAR. they hooked me nogginn up to lectrodes (shez alive! ALIVE!!!) and asked me to listen to and say certain things. the result is there is an area of m6 brain that we all have that seems to be responsible for being a switchboard for sounds that is used to route "this is language over there!" "this is an animal over there!!!" and so forth. well that area is undergoing a kid of mild electrical activity almost like epilepsy.
so we all have stuttering. by a certain age we tend to lose the worse stuff (in elementary). i kept at it.
and stutterers can stutter in different situations (a guy only stuttered with his family) and can even gain more severe stuttering later on in life (someone only stuttered after a car accident)
some days r better than others. i have more fluent days than others.
i have learned 2 b more patient. to listen more. and to try to not sweat those who don't have time ability or patience to hear my grunts and snake lisps. IIIIM COMMMING 4 U BARBARA!
Im better with authority figures now (used to freeze). Im better with cold calls now (this still is 1 of my kryptonites that i think will always challenge me that i complement any call service industry person on their phone presence). I don't think I'll ever though do what an old friend of mine did who stuttered: become a police dispatch lol
When yer with a stutterer, and if you have time and the inclination, try not to finish our sentences. Thaz quite frustrating. Unless you're married 2 the person that is.
If u know how to active listen or use mindfulness techniques these r helpful.
Just dont xpect 2 b perfect
Thatz g_ddess' job
Lastpointe
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That is really good news Kimmio. I am so glad you reached out for help. And that the help offered was useful. Hope you enjoy your shower
Are some supports and support worker bitches? Because they really don't desire to do it ... other than for the dough? This a bread in thought ... a fixation ... but you're not supposed to say it ... ineffable monkey business?
everythinz a learning experience
A Hugh St comment ... grand proportions? The Big Plug as top canon?
parts of this thread contributed to the themes of nightmares I had last night.
However, I had a long sleep and it was much easier to use the bathroom when I woke up stiff and slow to get there this morning. I like the armrests/ handles on the toilet.
However, I had a long sleep and it was much easier to use the bathroom when I woke up stiff and slow to get there this morning. I like the armrests/ handles on the toilet.
parts of this thread contributed to the themes of nightmares I had last night.
However, I had a long sleep and it was much easier to use the bathroom when I woke up stiff and slow to get there this morning. I like the armrests/ handles on the toilet.
Sorry to hear about the nightmares Kimmio. I had some last night myself. Hope you get a chance for a good nap today.
KayTheCurler
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Ah - Kimmio - it is good to hear that (despite the nightmares) you got some rest and an easier trip to the 'facility' this morning. Do you have any information about how long you will have this cast on your leg?
It's actually a big brace that comes on and off, with velcro straps. I can wear it under loose skirts or pyjama pants (I only have one skirt I can wear it under) or over leggings. I have to try to keep my leg very straight at all times (for healing - and also hurts like heck if I bend my knee too far). I guess the hospital decided that it was better than a cast. It works the same way - has metal rods in it - a splint. But it allows for some exercise of the leg - hopefully muscles won't atrophy too much. I have to wear it for 7 weeks. But I should be healing in the meantime - life will get easier.
My leg and foot is swollen - normal, apparently - swelling goes up and down (so I can tighten or loosen the straps) and the bruising moves around like ink blots, moving lower with gravity - looks weird. With the splint a doctor can look at it without cutting a cast off though. But I was told it is doing its normal healing thing.
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