Anyone familiar with Social Service type work?

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I met a severely disabled lady in a wheelchair which needs lot’s of attention to. She’s homeless living outdoors in the cold and in a wheelchair and can barely move a bone on her body. She cried out for a bath since she has probably sat on her urine for some time. I don’t know how to move about and around the system to get her some help. She needs someone to pick her up off the streets, take her to a convalescent or hospital, and preferably a place to stay. Please contact me by p.message so I can see she gets help. Thanks.
 
hi,i dont no the system in u.s.a,however it perhaps similar to u.k i would ring the social services dept and explain the situation they have a duty of care once they are aware of the lady and her situation ,the lady can also go to them and seek help ,how sad that no one was able to prevent this lady from ending up on the streets , i hope she soon off the streets ,someone in the social service dept will no the right people to help this lady ,hope this helps wish i could do more take care and be persistent x
 
WilT said:
I met a severely disabled lady in a wheelchair which needs lot’s of attention to. She’s homeless living outdoors in the cold and in a wheelchair and can barely move a bone on her body. She cried out for a bath since she has probably sat on her urine for some time. I don’t know how to move about and around the system to get her some help. She needs someone to pick her up off the streets, take her to a convalescent or hospital, and preferably a place to stay. Please contact me by p.message so I can see she gets help. Thanks.
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Let St. Vincent DePaul from your parish know. They will have contacts in her area and will see to it that she gets assistance. God bless.
 
Pretty much every hospital in the US has social workers that can help navigate the potential resources. If you can get her there, that’d be a huge start. It doesn’t sound like she has any reason to visit the ED, but at the same time, her complaints are a lot worse than many they get and treat every single day.
 
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Pretty much every hospital in the US has social workers that can help navigate the potential resources. If you can get her there, that’d be a huge start. It doesn’t sound like she has any reason to visit the ED, but at the same time, her complaints are a lot worse than many they get and treat every single day.
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she has stated to me that the hospital was the one that threw her out. I interpreted that as they could no longer pay for her stay.
 
There is more to the story. You can’t just stay in the hospital if you aren’t acutely ill, so I doubt it was a checkbook checkup. At the same time, they can’t discharge without a plan either and someone would’ve spoken with her.
 
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