Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts

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12. Where Will New Beginnings Get a Ventilator?

I went to their site and they seem to be an outpatient community center with a house that is being renovated for a group home. They have had a series of fund raisers but how many people they have served, what staff they have and qualifications are unclear.
I've worked in a number of nursing homes and only one accepted a patient on a ventilator. Not all nurses have the training and experience to manage these patients and all their equipment.
New Beginnings says they will provide around the clock nursing and respiratory therapy. I wonder if they think they can do this with volunteers, because paid staff even minimally will cost hundreds of dollars a day.
They are trying to raise money to complete the renovation of their house and buy rehab equipment. How will they get a ventilator?
They'll also need a covering doctor to take responsibility for the overall plan. And what will happen when something goes wrong and they have to call 911?
Just from a nursing point of view this seems unworkable, and the kindest interpretation is that they are counting on faith and financial and volunteer support. The other possibility is that they know this won't happen but they've raised their profile.
It's awful to watch a mother's grief being prolonged by false hope, and it may be that the people who claim to be helping her are only interested in their own agenda.