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So sadly my mother recently suffered a fall that resulted in a C3-C7 fusion and laminectomy and quadriplegia. She’s only 12 days post surgery and still hospitalized waiting on snf and rehab placement. She has some movement of upper arms and wrists but currently no hands.

So she’s an avid reader and has always used her kindle. She’s asking how we can get her reading again. The holder/mount seems like a solved problem.. the issue is page turning. I see the remote controls and the ring style buttons to turn the page but I don’t think that will work for her right now.

Does anybody know of other solutions? Voice activations would be very challenging as she’s never been technologically savvy and she really struggles to find her words (especially now with the nerve meds). So I guess I’m looking for some sort of physical activation by head motion, arm motion (would have to work with her spastic movement), etc.

Thanks for any help or insights.

State: Ohio

My parents are both in their upper 70’s and on social security retirement only and have 0 assets. Looking at her SSA award statement for 2026, she gets $2036.90 and he gets $2054.90 gross. Their rent is ~1600/month including utilities. They have a Medicare advantage plan (unsure on the details). My mother suffered a spinal injury from falling the other day and is now unable to control her limbs and other basic bodily functions (it’s early so there’s hope of some recovery).

I need to get a better understanding of how Medicare and Medicaid will likely work in the event she needs full nursing care as my father has no physical ability to provide for her care, feeding, dressing, etc.

If they are getting ~4100 /month gross, will it be reasonable to expect long term care coverage?

What other questions should I be asking?

What resources should I seek out for the most understanding?

Edit: corrected social security phrasing
Edit2: corrected the income.

So my child didn’t sign up for COOP 2012 or 3011. They’re currently working his coop and should have registered for 3011. What is the likely fallout? Has anyone needed to “back register” to get those courses paid? I can’t imagine the school will be cool with not having the courses registered and paid. They scheduled a meeting with their advisor so we’ll see what happens…just looking for any knowledge ahead of time.