Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, AL - NOLA SAYNE'S profoundly disabled son ZACH was only ten years old when she was forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to place him in a nursing home. She was unable to find a facility in Georgia where they lived. The closest skilled-care facility that would accept him was 200 miles away from home.Nola thought about quitting her job as a paralegal, but she was a single mother then with two kids. She needed her salary, and she needed the health insurance for Zach. The state of Georgia would pay nothing if Zach lived at home. But it offered to pay the full cost
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, AL - NOLA SAYNE'S profoundly disabled son ZACH was only ten years old when she was forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to place him in a nursing home. She was unable to find a facility in Georgia where they lived. The closest skilled-care facility that would accept him was 200 miles away from home.Nola thought about quitting her job as a paralegal, but she was a single mother then with two kids. She needed her salary, and she needed the health insurance for Zach. The state of Georgia would pay nothing if Zach lived at home. But it offered to pay the full cost of a nursing home..For the last 15 years of Zach's life, Nola made that 400-mile round trip every two or three weeks. And when he got sick, she took leave from her jobs to stay with him..Zach died January 5 in the nursing home..Nationwide, more than 6, 000 children live in nursing homes, with thousands more who are in their 20s, experts said..PICTURED: Nola trims Zach's fingernails every time she visits him. (Credit Image: © Robin Nelson/ZUMAPRESS.com)