Medically fragile kids struggle with loss of home health care amid pandemic TODAY 3/8/2021 Kerry Breen
Before the pandemic, Chrystal Crider s 7-year-old son Bryan received 16 hours of daily skilled nursing coverage. While there might be an occasional call-out or interruption in services, for the most part Bryan received that care, which was necessary to attend to his extreme medical needs.
COVID-19 changed all of that. Much of Bryan s care has fallen on Crider and her son s father. Since they live separately, each is responsible for his medical care individually when Bryan s with them. Crider said that recently, she herself was unable to seek medical care for an emergency root canal because nurses were not available.