Pascual v. Pan American Hospital

SHIVERS, Judge.

The claimant in this workers’ compensation case appeals an order entered on her petition for modification of an earlier order awarding home attendant care. We affirm in part, reverse, and remand.

Claimant, who is currently 80 years old, was injured in a 1973 industrial accident leaving her permanently and totally disabled. In 1978, the Judge of Industrial Claims entered an order finding that the claimant was in need of 112 hours per week of home attendant care, and that such care was to be provided by claimant’s daughter, Reina Gomez, at the rate of $2.00 per hour, with the…