Dear readers, as many of you know through the writings here, David has been in residential placement. He is on his third major placement and like 10th or 11th minor placement. Major is facilities where he has stayed for more than 30 days, and minor are all of the others. This past week was a…
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Permanently Institutionalized
Today, we received a notice from Medicaid for David. It was a notice informing him that he is permanently institutionalized. The notice went on to state that if he dies, Medicaid MAY decide to recover any payments from his estate, or the estate of his spouse if he is married. He is deemed permanently institutionalized…
finding your true path
i am adopted, and had a number of step dads while I was a kid. Looking back I can see the hallmark indicators of reactive attachment disorder (RAD) in myself. Not as bad as our David, but still there. I am the way I am today because of two reasons. A probation officer gave me…