"...The Leers obtained a PATF loan to purchase a wheelchair accessible van. "Our van has empowered us to do things and go places that Patti has not known in years," says Patrick. ..." PATF Personal Stories
"Food, water, clothing, shelter, and home medical equipment are the necessities of life for caregiving. Recovery, progression, and death endlessly flood the market with previously owned durable medical equipment. Sellers are motivated more to get rid of something than profit from it. ... "
"... The caregiver has to walk the line between the quality of life in creating a family meal and protecting life by serving and monitoring a safe meal. NO easy task...."
"... For 15 years, give or take some months, Patti’s Rascal Scooter has not only been the pride of the ‘caregiver tools of the trade’ but Patti’s independence and freedom in a dependent world...."
"...The advent of THE WHEELCHAIR as a ‘tool of the trade’ of family caregiving was ominous, but in retrospect was a milestone of surviving and even more so … about living. ..."
