[Peace-discuss] Nursing Home Days of Action this Weekend!

[Stuart Levy]

I'm told that private facilities, though there are several in the
county, take only a few Medicaid patients - that the County Nursing Home
is the only place that accepts more than a small fraction.

I expect that means that if you needed nursing care and Medicaid would
be paying for it, then when applying to one of the private nursing homes
you'd likely be told there was no room for you, or that it would be a
very long wait.

On 3/25/17 9:22 AM, Dianna Visek via Peace wrote:
> I've had the misfortune of having had parents in 7 facilities
> (assisted living and nursing homes) in Champaign County. As far as I
> know, all facilities in the county, other than Meadowbrook, take both
> Medicare and Medicaid.  Meadowbrook only takes Medicare in their
> rehabilitation unit and is the only facility I've encountered that
> mostly takes private pay.
>
> Dianna
>
>
> On Saturday, March 25, 2017 8:20 AM, Karen Medina via Peace
> <peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Peace,
>
> Below is a forwarded invitation to help canvass for the nursing home
> this weekend.
>
> If you have time, please consider canvassing (knocking on doors or
> phone calling) for the Champaign County Nursing Home issue...
> Saturday, March 25 (today) and Sunday, March 26, 2017
> from 1pm-4pm. (You can help for an hour or all three)
> (see details of where and the wording on the ballot in the forwarded
> message below)
>
> Why do I think canvassing is extremely important?
> * The entire county will be voting on the issue, not just the towns of
> Champaign and Urbana. This means we need as many people as possible
> voting.
> * We need to educate as many people as possible. Some people may not
> even know about the April 4th election, even more people may not know
> about the Nursing Home issue.
> * Increasing taxes is not easy. In these hard times of the state of
> Illinois being way behind on paying its bills, a tax increase could be
> seem like a hardship on some people (about $30 for the average home),
> but in the long term keeping the nursing home from being privatized
> will (I believe) save the people of the county a lot of money.  The
> county nursing home takes in people that the privatized nursing homes
> don't. 
> * Privatizing services seems to be the way everything is going and
> people seem to be willing to let this happen. Because of this
> privatization, our county no longer has many of the services every
> community needs in order to be healthy. A nursing home for our seniors
> and recovering patients is one of those services that is vital; we all
> benefit from having it. I am willing to pay to keep it. Once something
> is privatized, we no longer have oversight as a community.
>
> Please consider helping to get the word out.  
>
> Pace e bene,
> -- karen medina
> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -
> Mark Twain
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Join our fight and come out and let voters know how to support the
> Champaign County Nursing Home in the April 4th Election!
>
> We are going to knock on doors and make phone calls to inform voters
> in Champaign and Urbana.  There will be a training on how to talk
> about the issues and what to expect going door to door or making calls.  
>
> Come out *_Saturday the 25th_* or _*Sunday the 26th*_:
>
> Meet at: 
> 1pm-4pm
> 110 S. Neil St.
>
> DONATE TODAY AT CHAMPAIGNCOUNTYCARE.ORG <http://champaigncountycare.org/>
>
> SHARE THE SAMPLE BALLOT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
>
>
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>
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