Home Care

“Nursing Shortage Hampers Home Care for Disabled” (Dec. 23) did a commendable job of illuminating the necessity of assistance for people with disabilities like myself and also the crisis of a society in which many people who wish to live independently are deterred from this. If the problem ended there it would be unsatisfactory, but it doesn’t.

Ability to succeed as a parent, as a spouse, as an employee and as a taxpayer is greatly affected by the quantity and quality of assistance available. Stories like this should make us less likely to blame the victims of growing impediments to independent living and more willing to embrace proposals to create a more inclusive society.

ARTHUR BLASER

Orange