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Maxine Riche -- Council Bluffs, IA

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Written By: Adam Sege


For 35 years, Maxine Riche guided nursing home patients through their daily routines of getting up, getting dressed, eating and bathing.  It was tough work, but she kept going even as her own health deteriorated.

For 35 years, Maxine Riche guided nursing home patients through their daily routines of getting up, getting dressed, eating and bathing. It was tough work, but she kept going even as her own health deteriorated...
Population Served: 
Family Medicine
Site: 
Iowa Legal Aid Health and Law Project

Norris Nicholson -- Carbondale, IL

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Written By: Adam Sege


For years, Norris Nicholson couldn’t afford to stay healthy.

He was supposed to take nine pills a day to treat a lengthy list of medical conditions: arthritis, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and diabetes.  Added together, his medicines cost $1300 a month.  Norris had no health insurance, and he couldn’t keep up.

“Either I ate,” he says, “Or I took the medicine.”

For years, Norris Nicholson couldn’t afford to stay healthy. He was supposed to take nine pills a day to treat a lengthy list of medical conditions: arthritis, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and diabetes. Added together, his medicines cost $1300 a month. Norris had no health insurance, and he couldn’t keep up. “Either I ate,” he says, “Or I took the medicine.”
Population Served: 
Internal Medicine
Site: 
Medical-Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois

Edith and Lonnie Evans -- Tucson, AZ

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Written by Adam Sege


When Lonnie Evans was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, all he and his wife Edith wanted to focus on was fighting the disease.

The first stages of treatment, chemotherapy and radiation, went better than expected for Lonnie, who was 62.

“Then he had the operation,” Edith says. “And everything that could go wrong went wrong.”

When Lonnie Evans was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, all he and his wife Edith wanted to focus on was fighting the disease.
Population Served: 
Family Medicine
Site: 
Tucson Family Advocacy Program