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that Nellie does quite a bit for her father:
Nellie said that oil heat had become too expensive in George’s house, so she switched to gas. But that was a problem too—a bill would come in that didn’t seem right to her, and she said she could never get an explanation for it. So now Nellie is back to oil heat, but uses it rarely. Instead, the family relies on wood that they buy from a local seller.
George receives social security payments ($195 a month) and food stamps ($44 a month), but Nellie says it isn’t nearly enough to get by on, so “we all chip in to make up the difference.”
Doctors won’t admit George to a hospital, saying that nothing can be done for him, and, says Nellie, “Medicare won’t pay” unless a doctor says there is good reason to admit a patient. This worries Nellie. She wishes George could have some x-rays taken.
“I would never put him (George) in a nursing home,” said Nellie, adding that she can better care for him at home.
Sitting in George’s small house— with George lying down to my left and Nellie, Hilda and John gathered about, talking of their father—I sensed that these 3 family members were bound together by an important task. They work hard in caring for George, but they have no complaints.
“I try to make sure he’s comfortable,” said Nellie.
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