Options for a 13 year old this summer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

This is why I didn’t give the reason initially, because it goes from people giving great suggestions (Thank you!) to people questioning the decisions I make for my other child.

I was not questioning your parenting, I was questioning the weird rule of the nursing company.

My choice of Medical providers for my child is a parenting decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He can metro by himself but can’t stay in the house alone?

We have a family member receiving nursing care in the home, and the agency won't let anyone be in the home under 18 unless there's another adult to supervise.

I am a nurse (not home care) and this rule is ridiculous. I can understand that rule for young child who’s 4 or 5 but for an adolescent. I wonder what other families do who live in multigenerational households do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He can metro by himself but can’t stay in the house alone?

We have a family member receiving nursing care in the home, and the agency won't let anyone be in the home under 18 unless there's another adult to supervise.

I am a nurse (not home care) and this rule is ridiculous. I can understand that rule for young child who’s 4 or 5 but for an adolescent. I wonder what other families do who live in multigenerational households do.

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Surely you must have enough experience with Medicaid to know that sometimes there are ridiculous rules. And that ranting about the ridiculous rules doesn't help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think nursing companies can exert so much control in what goes in someone's home. That doesn't seem right to me.

Of course they can. No one is forcing anyone to engage that particular company’s services if they don’t agree with the policy.

I haven’t heard of this before, but I don’t really blame them. The nurse being the only responsible adult in the home (presuming the person who needs home nursing care may not be the spryest or in best of health) with someone else’s minor child who isn’t their patient is opening the company up to a world of liability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid will be 12 this summer and we are looking at the following camps/activities that are aimed at middle school and up kids (we're in Alexandria, so these specific camps won't work for you, but might provide some ideas).

Outdoor camp through Virginia Outside (rafting, hiking, kayaking, etc)
Rockclimbing Camp
Girl Scout camp (overnight, but reasonably priced, does Boy Scouts has something similar?)
learn to crew program
junior lifeguard camp
animal shelter camp (our local shelter has one for 11-13 year olds)


Are there any classes he might be interested in? If something is offered where he can take a morning or afternoon class and then be at the library or pool for the rest of the day (assuming it's somewhere he can get himself to) would that work? I'm thinking of fun classes, like an art class, cooking class, or coding class or something. Maybe some kind of sports clinic?

Could you please name the junior lifeguard camp and animal shelter camp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He can metro by himself but can’t stay in the house alone?

We have a family member receiving nursing care in the home, and the agency won't let anyone be in the home under 18 unless there's another adult to supervise.

That's absurd, can you find a new care provider?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He can metro by himself but can’t stay in the house alone?

We have a family member receiving nursing care in the home, and the agency won't let anyone be in the home under 18 unless there's another adult to supervise.

I am a nurse (not home care) and this rule is ridiculous. I can understand that rule for young child who’s 4 or 5 but for an adolescent. I wonder what other families do who live in multigenerational households do.

'

Surely you must have enough experience with Medicaid to know that sometimes there are ridiculous rules. And that ranting about the ridiculous rules doesn't help.

Must be state specific as Medicaid would not provide us with an income care provider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He can metro by himself but can’t stay in the house alone?

We have a family member receiving nursing care in the home, and the agency won't let anyone be in the home under 18 unless there's another adult to supervise.

I am a nurse (not home care) and this rule is ridiculous. I can understand that rule for young child who’s 4 or 5 but for an adolescent. I wonder what other families do who live in multigenerational households do.

'

Surely you must have enough experience with Medicaid to know that sometimes there are ridiculous rules. And that ranting about the ridiculous rules doesn't help.

Must be state specific as Medicaid would not provide us with an income care provider.

What's an income care provider?

--OP

[Anonymous]

There are lots of camps that have options for this age. Some include:

Landon
TIC
Calleva
Imagination Stage
Shakespeare Theater, especially if you trust him to metro downtown to get himself to camp
Smithsonian Resident Associates (but the options for teen boys might be a little niche)
I think Stone Ridge and Holton Creative -- but I'm not totally positive when they age out for boys
Lots of various sports camps (Bethesda Soccer, Coerver soccer, Big Train baseball, etc -- but you'll probably want one for a sport he is familiar with).
Dynamite Gymnastics Parkour might be an option

Calleva books FAST, and Landon also fills pretty fast.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think nursing companies can exert so much control in what goes in someone's home. That doesn't seem right to me.

Of course they can. No one is forcing anyone to engage that particular company’s services if they don’t agree with the policy.

I haven’t heard of this before, but I don’t really blame them. The nurse being the only responsible adult in the home (presuming the person who needs home nursing care may not be the spryest or in best of health) with someone else’s minor child who isn’t their patient is opening the company up to a world of liability.

OP here,

I understand the rule. I am sure that if the rule wasn't clear people would take advantage of it.

But the reality is that in home skilled nursing care is really hard to find. Am I being "forced" to use that particular company? Well, they're the only one that will fill the hours, and without the coverage my child needs to go live in the hospital, it feels like I'm being forced. If my choices are that one kid goes to a nice day camp that hopefully DCUM will help me find, or the other doesn't get to live with me at all?

Well, I'm going to come to DCUM to ask them to recommend those nice day camps or other options for 13 year olds. Which is the question I am asking here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think nursing companies can exert so much control in what goes in someone's home. That doesn't seem right to me.

Of course they can. No one is forcing anyone to engage that particular company’s services if they don’t agree with the policy.

I haven’t heard of this before, but I don’t really blame them. The nurse being the only responsible adult in the home (presuming the person who needs home nursing care may not be the spryest or in best of health) with someone else’s minor child who isn’t their patient is opening the company up to a world of liability.

OP here,

I understand the rule. I am sure that if the rule wasn't clear people would take advantage of it.

But the reality is that in home skilled nursing care is really hard to find. Am I being "forced" to use that particular company? Well, they're the only one that will fill the hours, and without the coverage my child needs to go live in the hospital, it feels like I'm being forced. If my choices are that one kid goes to a nice day camp that hopefully DCUM will help me find, or the other doesn't get to live with me at all?

Well, I'm going to come to DCUM to ask them to recommend those nice day camps or other options for 13 year olds. Which is the question I am asking here[/quote

Sending all of my support. You’re doing a great job in an extremely difficult situation. ❤️

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Hi OP.

Sorry about your situation.

I agree with a few weeks of teen tour or some such.

I also wonder if your and your husbands employers would grant you each a couple weeks of work at home time over the summer to help you cover the non camp time.

Hopefully others will have good local suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think nursing companies can exert so much control in what goes in someone's home. That doesn't seem right to me.

Of course they can. No one is forcing anyone to engage that particular company’s services if they don’t agree with the policy.

I haven’t heard of this before, but I don’t really blame them. The nurse being the only responsible adult in the home (presuming the person who needs home nursing care may not be the spryest or in best of health) with someone else’s minor child who isn’t their patient is opening the company up to a world of liability.

OP here,

I understand the rule. I am sure that if the rule wasn't clear people would take advantage of it.

But the reality is that in home skilled nursing care is really hard to find. Am I being "forced" to use that particular company? Well, they're the only one that will fill the hours, and without the coverage my child needs to go live in the hospital, it feels like I'm being forced. If my choices are that one kid goes to a nice day camp that hopefully DCUM will help me find, or the other doesn't get to live with me at all?

Well, I'm going to come to DCUM to ask them to recommend those nice day camps or other options for 13 year olds. Which is the question I am asking here.

It sounds like you are in a really crappy situation but you shouldn't just kick your 13 year old out of his own home, is it possible to hire a babysitter to just sit there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think nursing companies can exert so much control in what goes in someone's home. That doesn't seem right to me.

Of course they can. No one is forcing anyone to engage that particular company’s services if they don’t agree with the policy.

I haven’t heard of this before, but I don’t really blame them. The nurse being the only responsible adult in the home (presuming the person who needs home nursing care may not be the spryest or in best of health) with someone else’s minor child who isn’t their patient is opening the company up to a world of liability.

OP here,

I understand the rule. I am sure that if the rule wasn't clear people would take advantage of it.

But the reality is that in home skilled nursing care is really hard to find. Am I being "forced" to use that particular company? Well, they're the only one that will fill the hours, and without the coverage my child needs to go live in the hospital, it feels like I'm being forced. If my choices are that one kid goes to a nice day camp that hopefully DCUM will help me find, or the other doesn't get to live with me at all?

Well, I'm going to come to DCUM to ask them to recommend those nice day camps or other options for 13 year olds. Which is the question I am asking here.

It sounds like you are in a really crappy situation but you shouldn't just kick your 13 year old out of his own home, is it possible to hire a babysitter to just sit there?

I think, given the cost of an adult babysitter, my 13 year old would enjoy a camp more for less money.