MMScooter

MMScooter t1_ixsj54z wrote

I work at a dialysis clinic close to the campus. I mean you cant really walk to a grocery store but if you’re cooking for 1 you can at least instacart or something cheaper than many. I live in Holden but I don’t drive at all. My husband brings me into Worcester and I get around w walking and Uber just fine. I’m from New Orleans and Worcester has an insane amount of snow. But the city does a good job with it.

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MMScooter t1_iug3qh9 wrote

Illegal “aliens” cannot qualify for section 8. Period end of story. Maybe they are TPS. Maybe they have an undocumented minor that is a part of the Ascentria program (which do get subsidized housing but not through section 8). What I can tell ou with my 15 years in the field is that when there is a major disaster in another country and refugees come over yes about 30% of them DO bump others down on the list because they literally have no home. But very few qualify for that kind of bump up to the top of the list. Also I want to mention that your client isn’t the only person struggling on the list. I have a patient who has been on the section 8 list for 6 years. He is Ghanaian. Been in the US since 2000. He is an elder and has a disability at this point. He claims “the Spanish people get their apartments right away. I’ll never get one”. As misguided as he is, he sees it happen daily. I get it. But true undocumented people not involved with a program absolutely cannot get section 8. Period. End of discussion.

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MMScooter t1_ismigof wrote

St Vs has recently slashed their ability to do many cardiac procedures. They route you out. They got rid of their dialysis unit and staff and just have on call RNs that come in. They cut the imaging department in half and have everyone doing double duty. They literally can’t hire or retain a licensed social worker so they have 3 that are on a contract from a temp agency. They keep having issues with the medical record system in. The ER and route you out. All of this plus the conditions of the nursing strike, settlement, and continual mistreatment. No thank you. Yes UMass is bigger, messier, more chaotic. But they actually have the tools and staff to care for you during your stay and post d/c.

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