By Ike Swetlitz, Searchlight New Mexico |
January 29, 2021
Michael Benanav/Searchlight New Mexico
January 22, 2021 - Lina, a caregiver impacted by missed payments from the state, receives a call from her landlord about her overdue rent.
ALBUQUERQUE Nearly every day for the past ten months, Lina, 23, has worked as a personal care assistant for Lisa Langrehr, a 60-year-old woman who is paralyzed on her right side. It’s been a full-time job for Lina from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, seven days a week, she’s helped Langrehr take showers, accompanied her to and from medical appointments, paid the bills, done the laundry, walked Blacky the dachshund, and cooked meatloaf and enchiladas.