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hollysmom

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2. My mom had a stroke and aphasia - there was software we got to get her English back

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Sat Mar 26, 2016, 03:13 AM

Mar 2016

and it worked.
also there is a therapy that can help bring back movement faster.
You should not have to move her around much if you can get her into a program that will restore her movement. he thing is you have to be very proactive in health care now, They did not want my mother to go to rehab, waste of money at her age, they said, but after she was released, she lived a productive life for another year before her heart attack. She would not let me live with her, long story. So she was alone much of the time.

As far as part time, help ask around a lot of people want part time work and can help with the lifting of her.

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Daughter recently had left cerebral artery stroke; has aphasia and no use of right arm and hand. [View all] No Vested Interest Mar 2016 OP

Please see my PM to you. PADemD Mar 2016 #1

My mom had a stroke and aphasia - there was software we got to get her English back hollysmom Mar 2016 #2

Thanks, Hollysmom. I'll look around or ask for aphasia software. No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #3

Does she have insurance or qualify for Medicaid? MoonRiver Mar 2016 #4

The Hospital where she was treated initiated a request for Medicaid to supplement No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #5

Yes, for her and your sake, NEVER allow yourself to be the designated responsible financial party. MoonRiver Mar 2016 #6