Transgender woman more hopeful of finding a home

[stephaniec]

Transgender woman more hopeful of finding a home

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2016/05/29/transgender-woman-more-hopeful-finding-home/84994904/

The Demoines Register/ Lee Rood, lrood@dmreg.com 4:02 p.m. CDT May 29, 2016

"A transgender stroke survivor who couldn't find a nursing home in central Iowa that would take her is more hopeful she'll soon have a place to live.

Mercy Medical Center workers say a facility in Waterloo has expressed interest in admitting LeQuan Edwards, 52, who has been recovering at the hospital since March. But hospital workers also are looking into assisted-living apartments closer to family in Des Moines."

[pt98701]

How in the world could she have been denied admittance? Do any of these facilitates have a policy on this? Highly doubtful. This sounds like an easy lawsuit to pursue.

[PrincessButtercup]

Most of the hospitals in Iowa are religion based, as are many of the more reasonably priced rehab and assisted-living facilities. They can deny anyone they want since they're privately owned and don't rely on government funding. Many also refuse to accept Medicaid. Since they aren't dependent on government money, they can adhere to their core values, even if it does cost them a patient here and there.

[stephaniec]

glad I don't live there.

[PrincessButtercup]

It's not so bad - more of an annoyance than anything. For example, I'm Pagan and I had in-patient surgery at Mercy, which is a Catholic hospital. My paperwork identifies me as Pagan. So every morning I was woken up by the daily blessing being broadcast and the occasional visit by a priest asking if I wanted to pray. I always politely declined and he didn't push the issue. But, they never turned me away and I know they've treated gay friends of mine without issue. My guess is the facility that turned them down possibly did so for reasons other than trans. It's quite possible they didn't have space at the time for someone needing that particular care. We do have quite a lot of older folks here and there is sometimes a wait for space at certain rehab facilities. It's possible that instead of getting all the facts, we're only getting those that will sell the most papers.

[stephaniec]

well, lets hope that's the case, I think T'll still stay where I'm at because I'm definitely a senior citizen and I would not want to be sleeping on a bench. My Hospital treats me great.

[Joelene9]

  This is a concern as my generation gets more gray. There may be a time when my knees and below will not respond to my brain to get up due to my neurological disorder which is in remission right now. A 20% chance of relapse in the next year or so may cause me to be in assisted living. My home does not qualify for hospice care due to the stairs up to the bedrooms and stairs down to my shop and laundry areas. A good sized backyard with vegetable garden is only accessible through the garage. Even if there is a lift installed on these stairs. A cousin with the wicked MS in a remote area has hospice care because he has a ranch style home with no stairs. I stayed overnight with him last week capping off a 3 week trip to visit my relatives I've haven't seen in awhile. Most of whom are older than I and those relatives are on the cusp for assisted living. I got to visit San Francisco for the first time last week though! Pretty place. 

Joelene

[stephaniec]

thats my problem too , I've got one foot in the door for a nursing home and I'm scared as crap because I'm trans.I was in the hospital a few moths ago and they weren't sure if I could go back to my apartment because of my rheumatoid .They had me talk to a person from a nursing facility and we talked about me getting estrogen and she never dealt with that before and wasn't sure if they could do that. I told her that this little camper aint going nowhere without access to estrogen. The answer came back that I could go home.