As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid


SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Early last month, Jeanne Fair, 62, got her first hot meals delivered to her home in this lake town in the sparsely populated southwestern part of the state. Then after two deliveries the meals stopped because gas prices had made the delivery too expensive.

“They called and said I was outside of the delivery area,” said Mrs. Fair, who is homebound and has not been able to use her left arm since a stroke in 1997.

Faced with soaring gasoline prices, agencies around the country that provide services to the elderly say they are having to cut back on programs like Meals on Wheels, transportation assistance and home care, especially in rural areas that depend on volunteers who provide their own gas. In a recent survey by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, more than half said they had already cut back on programs because of gas costs, and 90 percent said they expected to make cuts in the 2009 fiscal year.

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I'm sure Bush would tell her a story about a similar stroke victim who did the American thing and took on 3 jobs...

That's right, pull herself up by her one remaining boot strap.

Oh, and don't forget what the new thing with Republicans is, they are blaming and will keep blaming the "Democrat" Congress for everything in this election cycle. The REpublicans are even trying to fight global warming NOW. This is all with the aid of Fixed News, CNN, and other such MIComplex enablers.