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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Spouses and Caregivers => Topic started by: fuzzyL on December 20, 2014, 07:03:04 PM

Title: my wife as caregiver in IL
Post by: fuzzyL on December 20, 2014, 07:03:04 PM

my wife has her own health problems , plus helping me with my home hemo, she does not work but gets no unemployment or any income at all-and I am on disability so this puts quite a strain on our budget--we have searched the internet trying to find some financial aid of some kind but it seems useless in the state of IL--hoping someone out there has some info

Title: Re: my wife as caregiver in IL
Post by: PrimeTimer on December 23, 2014, 06:43:16 PM

For Illinois, you might try the American Kidney Fund of Illinois @ www.kidneyfund.org  and look under Patient Grants. Hopefully your clinic has a Social Worker and/or Financial Coordinator that can help research these things for you. If you're not sure who your Social Worker is, ask your Neph or your nurse. Hope things go better for you and that you find a program that can help pay the bills. 

Title: Re: my wife as caregiver in IL
Post by: fuzzyL on December 23, 2014, 09:41:42 PM

THANK YOU!!