https://kavod.claimscon.org/2014/06/caring-for-holocaust-survivors-with-sensitivity-at-end-of-life-mjhs-hospice-and-palliative-care/ A Claims Conference Publication Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://kavod.claimscon.org/2014/06/caring-for-holocaust-survivors-with-sensitivity-at-end-of-life-mjhs-hospice-and-palliative-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11885 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:06:34 +0000 http://kavod.claimscon.org/?p=972#comment-11885 A close friend of mine’s mother is a Holocaust survivor, and has recently been diagnosed with terminal Cancer. She has dual citizenship in the USA & Canada, but has lived in Canada now for several years, and never applied for Medicaid. After both of their 1st spouses died, she has been married to her 2nd husband (who is also a Holocaust survivor, and a family friend she had lost touch with due to the war,) for 40 years now.
(Both she & her husband lost most of their family members during the Holocaust. )
Now she & her husband have become somewhat estranged, as both he & his grown children, (who all live in Canada, ) have no interest in caring for
her, and don’t want her to return to home. Therefore, she is in a hospital in Canada, and they have treated her needs, but alas she has been given 6-12 months to live at this point.
Unfortunately, both of her grown children & grandchildren live in the US with their families. They want her to be able to live out the rest of her life in the US, so she can be surrounded by her family full-time. However, she has no insurance in the US.
Is there a way to fulfill their wish for her? They feel frustrated & hopeless with the situation.

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