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“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, roger levine, St. Joseph's Hospital, values
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Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian
In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD). In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid. Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, Christian, citizen, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, Food Stamps, God, health care, HEAP, Holy Bible, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, Social Security, values
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The Un-Labor Day
Not yet dawn, it is cool in my apartment—74 degrees. Only 59 degrees outside but it runs fifteen to twenty degrees warmer inside. I am glad to turn off the air conditioning and open the window. Silence falls in as … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Spirituality
Tagged death, end-of-life, health care, patients
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Aides to the Bible
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Let’s start with the bad news, get it over with, and move on. Tuesday the home health care agency sent Sonya, supposed to be here from 8:00 a.m. to … Continue reading
Posted in Death, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, Spirituality, Values
Tagged aides, Bible, CMS, coffee, Conditions and Diseases, death, disability, end-of-life, health care, Holy Bible, home health care, Iroquois, Loretto, Nursing home, One Year Bible, Onondaga County New York, Park Central, Patient, Rosewood, St. Camillus, strangers, Sunnyside, values, Van Duyn
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Rosie
Yesterday I asked Rosie for help in filling out the applications to skilled nursing facilities. A couple different agency people had told me that I should ask Rosie for help. I have asked her in the past. Rosie is a … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medical care, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, end-of-life, HUD, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, Rosie, skilled nursing, Social work, values
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Ten Days Later
Ten days ago I posted a complaint, “Ask for a Social Worker, Get a Nurse,” so let’s do an update and see how things are going. (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/ask-for-a-social-worker-get-a-nurse/ ) I filed the complaint against the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and its … Continue reading
Posted in activism, American medical industry, Depression, disability, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Commission on Quality of Care, depression, Dept. of Health, disability, doctors, end-of-life, Governance, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, NYS CQC, NYS DOH, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, values, Visiting Nurse Association, VNA
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The Only Option
This is the iced tea I’ve been drinking all my life and Hospice plans to take it away from me. What Hospice will do is discontinue Amelia, who knows how I like my iced tea, and replace her with their … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, physician, Poverty, Values
Tagged Amelia, CDPAP, Conditions and Diseases, consumer directed personal assistant program, death, doctors, Enable, end-of-life, family, Francis House, health care, home health aide, Hospice, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient, poverty, Sister Ida, suicide, values
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It’s About the Iced Tea
I do hope, dear reader, that you understand that I’m not writing these blogs to draw attention to myself. The goal is to inform you about end-of-life issues: how do you decide when your life is over? What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Death, disability, Medical care, physician, Poverty, Values
Tagged Amelia, Conditions and Diseases, death, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, family, God, Hospice, iced tea, Medicine, Onondaga County New York, patients, Physician, poverty, quality of life, values
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Buying the Farm
I was dreaming that I was back on the farm but it wasn’t farming anymore, it was more an assisted living or skilled nursing home, and my parents—who are deceased—were coming to visit. Everything was so clean and fresh, and … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Health Care, Medical care, Nature, Values
Tagged Chester County, death, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, family, Farm, health care, Hope, Physician, relationships, values, William Penn
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