(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Local families are calling for change after a nursing shortage has left them without anyone to care for their severely disabled children.
Two New Hampshire mothers are now turning to state lawmakers for help after they said staffing agencies have been unable to find nurses to provide in-home care that is covered under Medicaid.
"It's scary, I get worried about what if something happens to me, being the only one to take care of him?" Heather Donnell told Fox 25.
Medicaid covers 80 hours of in-home care each week for Lucas, but Donnell said local staffing agencies told her there is simply no one available to help.
"It's extremely challenging. It wears on you, it tears you down and it doesn't leave a lot of time for anything else," Donnell said.
"It is so incredibly frustrating," Gerkin said. "The bottom line is that these are services we are approved for, and we are not receiving them."
"They do not want to take home healthcare jobs because there is much more available in the hospitals and other offices," Gerkin said.
"We're definitely not the only family going through this," Donnell said.
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