October 23, 2026

Happy Birthday, Kit!

Hope you are doing well.

I managed to not complete any task in which  I needed to interface with another agency to do so.  Since I have been out of the hospital, EJ has spent 5 hours a week caring for my house and me.  In the beginning he changed bandages and made sure my bag was clear and clean.  He has done the shopping,  cleaned the floors, changed my sheets and organized stuff.  I could not have done the last two months without him. That said let me complain about the state agency that is in charge of the PCA's being paid for the work they do.  

LifePath was immediate in getting me things I needed and getting me the paperwork we needed to fill out.  That was difficult due to the fact that my brain wasn't 100% back for awhile, but we did it and we got it in and LifePath got everything to the  agency that does the billing.

I filled out time cards in the beginning of the week, but something told me I didn't do it right, it didn't feel like it actually got submitted so I started to try and contact the agency.  Wednesday I was told the website was down and I should try a given number.  I tried the number and all they wanted me to do was sign up for Medicare, which I don't need to do.  Then I was told the number wasn't available in my area code, which made no sense.  Today I reached LifePath and they gave me a new number which I called and after a few minutes of trying to figure who I was talking to, the representative told me I had not been accepted in the program and I couldn't submit time sheets until I was approved.  I read her the email that told me I was approved and she said that it was wrong and I should call LifePath back and have them figure out what was wrong.

I had no choice.  I went back to LifePath who told me, yes I had been approved and that the agency had already billed on my account, we don't know for what.  She called her boss immediately and they will get back to me Monday.  It's a pain in the neck, but what's worse is that EJ isn't getting paid and needs to be and deserves to be. I hate working with the system.  I hated it as an Executive Director of CBOs and I hate it as a client. When you create so many layers to administer a program, you ask for problems.  Anyway, I'm just complaining.  Everybody think positively to get EJ his money and thank him for taking such good care of his Godmother.

Can you see her faintly as she rises up over the Cove?