OT: Need help in the Frederick, MD area

[Guest guest]

Hello good people,

 

A friend who lives in Frederick has just been diagnosed with breast cancer.

She is a widow with no family to speak of, and is caring for her 90 y/o MIL.

Her daughter lives far away. We don't yet know what the treatment will be,

but she obviously will need help, even if it is " only " a lumpectomy and

radiation. The MIL is threatening suicide if moved into a nursing home,

which is obviously not helpful to my friend. The daughter, DH and I, and

other friends, could come help for short periods of time, but obviously not

for weeks on end.

 

Can anybody recommend an agency that sends out nice, reliable people who

could help my friend and her MIL? I'm not sure what her financial situation

is, but it seems to me that that is the way to explore, at least.

 

Thanks, Hadass.

 

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Hadass Eviatar

Winnipeg, Canada

http://www.superhwy.net/~eviatar

To do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy G-d. Micah 6:8.

[Guest guest]

Although a hospice isn't necessary at this point, I would recommend contacting

one for information on other support agencies.

 

Hadass Eviatar <heviatar wrote:Hello good people,

 

A friend who lives in Frederick has just been diagnosed with breast cancer.

She is a widow with no family to speak of, and is caring for her 90 y/o MIL.

Her daughter lives far away. We don't yet know what the treatment will be,

but she obviously will need help, even if it is " only " a lumpectomy and

radiation. The MIL is threatening suicide if moved into a nursing home,

which is obviously not helpful to my friend. The daughter, DH and I, and

other friends, could come help for short periods of time, but obviously not

for weeks on end.

 

Can anybody recommend an agency that sends out nice, reliable people who

could help my friend and her MIL? I'm not sure what her financial situation

is, but it seems to me that that is the way to explore, at least.

 

Thanks, Hadass.

 

--

Hadass Eviatar

Winnipeg, Canada

http://www.superhwy.net/~eviatar

To do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy G-d. Micah 6:8.

 

 

 

 

 

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