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Personal Care Aide

 I am currently working for my mother in law as a PCA in her home. She had a stroke and was released from rehab on February 5th under her daughters care. Who recently quit on her, hence, why I came in to replace her. She came with a GI-tube that she wasn't using anymore. Her recovery is advancing, she eats normal food on her own, can swallow her meds but here we are over a month of her being home and no one will remove this tube, we have talked to her PCP, her VNA nurses, and we keep getting the run around. We live about 45 minutes to an hour away from the hospital who put the tube in and we have no vehicle to get there or I would have already taken her there. When she left the rehab, she was told a nurse could come into her home and remove it, but no one will. Where do we go from here?

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    Of course inspection, care and cleaning of the insertion site can and needs to be done regularly, Deb, which I am relatively sure you know, along with any professional  interventions should a problem arise.

    In a quick search by putting in a few pertinent words in the search engine, such as "free rides for medical  patients to the hospital", yielded some viable results, in response to your "live 45 minutes away... no vehicle". Here's one:

    10 Free Transportation Programs for Seniors: Your Guide [2026] – Savings Grove

    Good luck, Deb, and the best to your mother in law!

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