Help Liz Young with her Medical Expenses
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Liz woke up a month ago not feeling quite like herself and went to see her doctor who immediately said, "get yourself to the Emergency Room!" After bloodwork was taken, they found abnormal cells in her liver which indicated that a series of cat scans, ultra sounds and biopsies had to be taken. After two weeks, the biopsy came back positive with a diagnosis of cancer. The specific kind of cancer and from where it originated is not yet known; the results are expected on December 16. At that point, a more clear diagnosis and medical protocol will be determined.
In the meantime, Liz has been in the hospital, at a nursing home, at home for one night, and then back again into the hospital where she is now. She is getting excellent care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and some rest....or rather, good naps. Because of Covid restrictions, she has had no visitors, and nothing is allowed to be delivered to the hospital including food, flowers, or gifts.
What Liz DOES need is money. Not everything, especially when she gets home after treatment, is covered by insurance. A trained nurse costs $80 per hour. A skilled caregiver, on the other hand, costs $32 per hour. We are estimating that a skilled caregiver at an 8-hr shift per day will cost Liz $9,000 per month. This does not include any extra care beyond that; for example, additional nursing care if needed, supplies, physical therapy, modifications to her living environment to accommodate the changes that will undoubtedly result from her treatments, and any other incidentals that are impossible to imagine at this point.
Please send this to anyone who you know that Liz knows - and spread it far and wide. It would be wonderful if Liz's expenses could be supplemented by your generous donations. I will update this account with additional information as soon as Liz knows the extent of her treatment. In the meantime, I know it would give her peace of mind to have the support.
Who is Liz?
Liz Young is an artist, teacher (at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts), and a wonderful friend and sister. She is a Los Angeles-based artist known for diverse work investigating body- and nature-focused themes, such as loss, beauty, the inevitability of decay, and the fragility of life. She has produced sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and video incorporating fabricated and re-contextualized found objects, organic materials, and processes from industrial metalworking to handicrafts, taxidermy and traditional art practices. Young has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including solo shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), and alternative spaces such as Hallwalls, Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago) and New Langton Arts (San Francisco); she has shown in group shows at Exit Art, Art in the Anchorage, and Armory Center for the Arts, among others. Her art has been discussed in ARTnews, Artforum, Frieze, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Village Voice, and is included in the LACMA permanent collection. In 2016, Young received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; she has also been recognized with awards from the Getty Trust and Andy Warhol Foundation, among others. Young has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1981.
For more information on Liz and her artwork, please visit: https://www.lizyoungproduce.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Young
In the meantime, Liz has been in the hospital, at a nursing home, at home for one night, and then back again into the hospital where she is now. She is getting excellent care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and some rest....or rather, good naps. Because of Covid restrictions, she has had no visitors, and nothing is allowed to be delivered to the hospital including food, flowers, or gifts.
What Liz DOES need is money. Not everything, especially when she gets home after treatment, is covered by insurance. A trained nurse costs $80 per hour. A skilled caregiver, on the other hand, costs $32 per hour. We are estimating that a skilled caregiver at an 8-hr shift per day will cost Liz $9,000 per month. This does not include any extra care beyond that; for example, additional nursing care if needed, supplies, physical therapy, modifications to her living environment to accommodate the changes that will undoubtedly result from her treatments, and any other incidentals that are impossible to imagine at this point.
Please send this to anyone who you know that Liz knows - and spread it far and wide. It would be wonderful if Liz's expenses could be supplemented by your generous donations. I will update this account with additional information as soon as Liz knows the extent of her treatment. In the meantime, I know it would give her peace of mind to have the support.
Who is Liz?
Liz Young is an artist, teacher (at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts), and a wonderful friend and sister. She is a Los Angeles-based artist known for diverse work investigating body- and nature-focused themes, such as loss, beauty, the inevitability of decay, and the fragility of life. She has produced sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and video incorporating fabricated and re-contextualized found objects, organic materials, and processes from industrial metalworking to handicrafts, taxidermy and traditional art practices. Young has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including solo shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), and alternative spaces such as Hallwalls, Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago) and New Langton Arts (San Francisco); she has shown in group shows at Exit Art, Art in the Anchorage, and Armory Center for the Arts, among others. Her art has been discussed in ARTnews, Artforum, Frieze, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Village Voice, and is included in the LACMA permanent collection. In 2016, Young received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; she has also been recognized with awards from the Getty Trust and Andy Warhol Foundation, among others. Young has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1981.
For more information on Liz and her artwork, please visit: https://www.lizyoungproduce.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Young
Organizer and beneficiary
Raghubir Kintisch
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Walker
Beneficiary