“I know it sounds crazy,” she said, but health care providers “need to start an underground network of how to get people care in their homes. Because letting people die at home or come close to death because they are terrified to go into the hospital, in 2026, is outrageous.”

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-underground-medical-care-networks/

#healthcare #hospitals #clinics #telehealth #HomeVisits #immigration #physicians #nurses #USpol

As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities. - KFF Health News

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services.

KFF Health News

On this #AshWednesday I managed to see 5 of the 10 parishioners I had planned on for home ashes. One wasn’t home, one was sick, two had medical appointments, and one came to the Noon service.
I’ve got one more service to go before calling it a day.
5/10 is pretty good. And it’s one of the little things I enjoy about my job.

#Episcopal #SLECBuffalo #HomeVisits #PriestLife

Making #HomeVisits today and I have a parishioner who drives what looks like something made by Fisher-Price or Playskool. It’s a little single-seat electric vehicle with eyelashes on the headlights. It also has overhead lights on the roof. One of those lights was tilted down, so I got her screwdriver, a little step ladder, and tightened it into place.
#PriestLife #AllDutiesAsAssigned