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Although, my father has an income, it has been maxed out due to medical bills, medication, two funerals, and furnace replacement. This is on top of a mortgage that has gone backwards. He doesn't qualify for home improvement loans, and the house is unlivable without them. He is presently in a nursing home and facing bankruptcy if an answer isn't found soon. We have offered to move in with him and make arrangements for the repairs and pay the loan payments ourselves, but we do not qualify for such a large loan either. Is there any hope?
Your father may find help to repair his house on this site:
SENIORS-National Council On Aging (NCOA)
The National Counseling On Aging has a free resource site:
www.BenefitsCheckUp.org
This site is a confidential and free and easy resource service to help people 55 years and older locate and apply for benefits. There are numerous financial assistance programs, both public and private, that can help struggling Seniors trying to make ends meet. The site has information on more than 2000 programs. Many are available to anyone in need who qualify, while others are available only to older adults and can help them retain their independence.
Benefit Types:
Food Assistance, Health Care, Prescription Drugs, Utility Assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), low income housing, tax relief, respite care, free legal assistance and many other benefit programs are available.
To use the site, you enter basic information about the person in need-date of birth, zip code, and check boxes for what the person needs assistance with. The site generates a report instantly, listing links to the programs and services that the person may qualify for.
Some assistance programs can be applied for online while other have downloadable form to be printed and mailed, faxed or emailed in, and some require you to contact the program directly.
Benefits Enrollment Center
It is also possible to get help in person at a Benefits Enrollment Center. There are currently 36 centers in 24 states and 12 more will be added in 2016. Visit the online site for locations:
www.NCOA.org/centerforbenefits/becs
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My dad's friend gave me a six week old puppy and he will not eat at all. He drinks water, but won't eat. I even tried milk. I don't know what to do.
Something is very wrong if such a young puppy won't eat!!! Please take him to your vet immediately!!!!
Puppies should stay with their mothers for at least 8 weeks to ensure a good nutritional and emotional base before adoption. Did your friend's Dad give you the puppy because he already had problems and your friend's Dad did not want to take him to a vet?
Please take him to your veterinarian now for immediate help or your puppy will die!!!
We have just recently been given a, 6-8 week old puppy, that the vet has given medicines for hookworms and roundworms. That seems to be taking care of getting rid of them, but she is still not wanting to eat.
She drinks lots of water and will eat when we force feed her as the vet showed us, but not on her own. Any suggestions?The medicine for worms is really tough. It makes pets feel sick and not want to eat.
You may have to keep up the syringe feedings until the meds are out of her system.
My dog is a full bred Shih Tzu and is about 6 months old. He recently entered puberty, I believe, and has not been eating and is calmer than usual. Is this normal, could something be wrong with him? He still plays and runs, but just hasn't been eating much and gets lazy at some points in the day.
By Johana
If the dog has entered puberty and there is a female around in heat this could cause him to stop eating. He could ne nervous from this or even have a small urine infection. You might want to have him checked at the vet.
I have a 6 week old pup that has stopped eating. She had been doing fine eating mush kibble from 4 weeks. The pup is still with her mum, brother, and sister. The rest of the pups are eating fine. Please help. They are Yorkie pups.
By katequinn
This is a page about Shih Tzu puppy not eating. Puppies can sometimes be very picky eaters causing their people concern.
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I have a 13 week old puppy who isn't eating, but does not have diarrhea. I am having to force feed her, but her her brother is fine.
