#paulsroof

We have to get two rooms in our house totally empty by 8AM Monday morning and both Penny and I are whooped. I just put stuff in bins but both of us are dragging. They are coming to pull up the subfloor of the last two rooms that need new plywood in our old house and do some floor joist repair and posts and beams. Then, all it will be new in the house. Even though these floor repairs are covered under Medicaid's home chore and maintenance, the finish flooring isn't so we will have to save up for the finished flooring. This will burn my yearly home chore and maintenance allotment. The program pays for safety issues, basically. They are also moving my wheelchair deck and ramp to the new doorway by the former carport, now an emerging room. Note, the stuff we did with #PaulsRoof is not done with the Medicaid program that keeps me out of the nursing home. They don't do anything with roofs or elective remodeling. Before I entered the program, I was in the hospital several times per year, usually one being critical. In the decade I have been in the program I haven't had an unplanned hospital stay and only 2 ER visits. About the program: The Ohio Home Care Waiver (OHCW) is a home- and community- based services (HCBS) waiver operated by the #Ohio Department of #Medicaid (Ohio Medicaid) and is designed for individuals with physical disabilities and unstable medical conditions to receive care in their homes and communities instead of nursing facilities, hospitals, or rehabilitation facilities. OHCW allows individuals to have more control of their lives, remain active participants in their communities, and make important choices about the care they receive. The following services are covered by OHCW, as defined in OAC Rule 5160-46-04. Adult day health center services. Community integration. Community transition. Home care attendant. Home delivered meals. Home maintenance and chore. Home modification. Home medical equipment and supplies (supplemental adaptive and assistive devices). Out‐of‐home respite. Personal care aide. Personal emergency response system. Supplemental transportation. Waiver nursing. https://medicaid.ohio.gov/families-and-individuals/citizen-programs-and-initiatives/hcbs/ohio-home-care-waiver

Oh crud. Where we live in #AppalachianOhio you don't have to get "building permits. #Ohio Yesterday, I found out that you are supposed to self-report to the county auditor (tax dept) any "improvements" over $2000 within 60 days of starting or they hit you hard when they do the property reevaluations or, if they find out about it, and our Republican county is big on hitting people hard. I am self-reporting today to reduce any penalties, if any. "Upon the discovery of a building or improvement that has been constructed but of which the county auditor has not been notified as required by this section, the county auditor shall appraise it and place it upon the tax list and duplicate at its taxable value, together with a penalty equal to fifty per cent of the amount of taxes that would have been charged against the building or improvement from the date of construction to the date of discovery had the county auditor been notified of its construction as required by this section." If we end up in tax court, everybody on the fediverse knows we started our improvements with the intent of replacing the flat roof, #PaulsRoof, (which should be exempt from reporting) then at some point, decided to turn the carport into a health room after the bad winter prevented Penny from going to elective cardiac rehab like she did three times per week for over a year after her heart attack. Section 5713.17 | Duty to notify county auditor of improvement costing over $2,000 - penalty - examination of buildings. Ohio Revised Code/Title 57 Taxation/Chapter 5713 Assessing Real Estate https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5713.17