"I gave a lively, tiny woman a ride to orientation back in 2013, never realizing that we would become best friends. Timebankers watched with shock and alarm as our healthcare and social systems chewed her up and spit her out, forcing her eventually into a nursing home at age 54. I made it a personal mission to get her the help she needed to live in the community, the timebanker’s way. After intensive assistance from the timebank and a court hearing, we proudly escorted her out of the nursing home and into a new apartment last December. Her court case set precedent for hundreds of others to escape premature long-term care! I can honestly say that without the timebank’s involvement, she would not be alive today. She now chairs our Member Care Team and hosts monthly potlucks in her apartment building, making new friends and living independently—no, actually, interdependently!" - Stacey Jacobsohn @ Time Initiative of Maine http://ow.ly/gCHn309LmDA . #timebankingis #community #50storiesin50days #timebanks #story #timeasmoney #care
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