Thank goodness for IHSS. My mother, bless her, received IHSS for my care- I put a STOP to it when no longer needed- I was kicked out of d house 👎 I was honest enough to notify them of hour changes, but got scrutinized @ home by my father 👎🏻 all over now my dear readers. government really takes care of you when u r in need. Thx
As a provider, it is vital that this video is watched and understood by all recipients and providers as it contains invaluable information for both!!! Jeff C Smith Los Angeles, CA.90045
Would a Functional analysis report help my Social Worker to understand my IHSS needs? I’m afraid I won’t present as much as I really need. Ive been down playing my mobility issues for years and now I’m getting much worse quickly and I fear I’ll wind up in the hospital if I fall and hurt myself even more than I am now. Is there any way I can ask for assistance sooner than 60 dss as yes?😊
My daughter has autism and speech delay. Do you think that would qualify her as an IHSS Recipient? I have already successfully registered as an IHSS provider.
I applied for IHSS before getting my SSI. I am agoraphobic, depressive and severe anxiety. I see a psychiatrist as I'm on medications for it. I was denied. I was told that since I don't really need help in my apartment, they can't help me. I cannot go shopping or traveling to doctors without someone with me in case I have panic attacks. Guess I'll just be denied.
Hi rosella, I too have a son on the spectrum and am beginning to become an ihss provider for my now disabled Woman here in California. Any advice? I was told I have to schedule a one on one video with the Seiu union after I take my orientation, do you know why? Also, her doctor approved me whatever that means.
I use to get IHSS but got taken off because my husband and I get to much money. How can I get help so I can stay in my own home? I’m in a nursing home right now.
The Fair Hearings procedure could have been written by the cable guy rather than professional lawyers. Not only do the judge and attorneys behave in an unprofessional manner but the system itself is riddled with logical flaws. I wrote a 34 page critique of them. Everything seems weighted in favor of the Regional Center. Even if you should win a battle, the Center with all its resources, can come back and back and win the war by attrition and the parent is too stressed to fight on. Although my wife, Rosella Alm (see previous two comments) has battled with judges over 25 years, in the two cases involving her son and another boy for whom she is a conservator, she was reduced to incoherent tears and admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack. What chance do you stand? To the Social Services, it is all about money and bureaucratic prerogative. To a parent, it might be about - as in one of these cases - protecting a disabled man from becoming a human torch. Do not be fooled by nice cozy official videos on these subjects. There is one Social Security office that lies and cheats at the highest level. The disabled have been snatched out of the home and dumped into cockroach-filled facilities. Due to lack of care, one nearly died of septic shock. His mother was found dead in her chair later. Frank D Lanterman designed IHSS to give the best care to the recipient at the most economical cost to the State. In practice, the Centers are prepared to spend $20,000+ on a Fair Hearing to destroy a caring parent-run Supported Living Service just to replace it by a more expensive commercial one to make a red-tape point. Judges are supposed to protect the spirit of the law but these ones seem to have forgotten that and just sit there like dummies and let the weasel words of lawyers wash over them. A new Director of Social Services is to be appointed. She only sees the neat paperwork in a nice office at the top. She does not see the cockroaches down below. We should all let her know about them.
I want hold a knife the next time the social worker comes to my small apartment. Those social workers are rude. They ask questions about me while I am right there. I have cerebral palsy and I like my life when I am working usually driving people or delivering things. Having those social workers come to my place really hurts me a lot. Driving is my favorite line of work but I feel confident that I could other jobs as well. But I cerebral palsy is seen as a very a dilibertlating condition. I wish I could feel as people see me.
