My moms insurance is through United Health Care. They arranged for a mobile physician to come to her house. They also gave me information for a mobile Urgent Care.
Gail, who have you approached and for what sort of help?
Your profile explains that this man is your partner, he is in his sixties, and he is paraplegic. How long have you been with him as partner and/or caregiver? The reason I ask is to understand what access you have to his medical history and his confidential information, including contact details for medical and social care teams who may be familiar with his case.
Well you could get a home social worker to come and evaluate his condition. They should be able to help you with resources and transportation. If you are needing to get certain types of help, you will need to be his POA or guardian.
Gail I'm wondering if they'd be willing to do a video conference? Someone who works in a corporation would know how to do this and it'd be easy for them if they just had a digital device like laptop or iPad.
If you can't get someone to come to him, he can hire a medical transport to take him there (and someone who can help advocate for him should go with). We had to do this with my MIL for some social security issue. Because of fraud fears they insisted on seeing her at their office in person. Not sure about your state, but where I live the cost wasn't prohibitive. If you don't think he could get into the chair without the help of someone else or a lift, you'd need to communicate this to the transport company, and let them know if they need to bring him a wheelchair as well. Good luck!
We’re you going to say everyone wants him to come into the office to apply for help? If so, when you call an agency for help, be very firm in saying that this man is bedridden and immobile and he needs someone to come to his home for the interview regarding available help. My husband is bedridden and agencies always offered to send a social worker to our home to interview us for aid. Just stand your ground.
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Your profile explains that this man is your partner, he is in his sixties, and he is paraplegic. How long have you been with him as partner and/or caregiver? The reason I ask is to understand what access you have to his medical history and his confidential information, including contact details for medical and social care teams who may be familiar with his case.
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If you can't get someone to come to him, he can hire a medical transport to take him there (and someone who can help advocate for him should go with).
We had to do this with my MIL for some social security issue. Because of fraud fears they insisted on seeing her at their office in person. Not sure about your state, but where I live the cost wasn't prohibitive. If you don't think he could get into the chair without the help of someone else or a lift, you'd need to communicate this to the transport company, and let them know if they need to bring him a wheelchair as well. Good luck!