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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
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, God, Government Services, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Spirituality, Values
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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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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Fixing What’s Broken
Good morning, peeps. Here’s the news for today: I just saved you $155 with Medicare/Medicaid, and my open letter to Centro bus company did some good. But first, the weather: it’s gorgeous. The Broken Prong Story I have a power … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, Medicaid, Medicare, paratransit, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual by Anne C Woodlen Now for sale to you, this 60-page collection of 23 essays recently sold out at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference. “The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once described good jazz … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Health Care, Death, Mental Illness & Health, Holistic, Values, Spirituality, Power, Sex, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, Fraud, advocacy, activism, Humor, Medical care, American medical industry, God, Depression, Powerlessness, Housing, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Medicaid, Medicare, Inpatient psychiatry, drugs, physician
Tagged antidepressants, Benjamine Rush Center, bipolar, Conditions and Diseases, CPEP, death, depression, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Emergency psychiatry, end-of-life, God, Health, health care, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Lorazepam, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental hospital, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, reform, relationships, Richard Gottlieb, Sleep apnea, Social work, St. Joseph's Hospital, Surviving Psychiatry, values
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We Need Your Help
Yesterday the Veterans Administration Hospital discharged Dr. Michael Gregory, who has no home. Dr. Gregory, 73, has had seven strokes. He has an ostomy, diabetes, high blood pressure, MRSA, and cancer on his ear. He has reason to be concerned … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Recipes, Sex, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Values
Tagged assisted living, Conditions and Diseases, DAV, David Carr, David Sutkowy, death, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Governance, Gregory, Health, health care, homeless vet, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, Rescue Mission, Ruby Tuesday, Rural Metro, Social work, Steven Armendarez, VA Hospital, values, Welfare
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Calling Washington
I have become an effective activist, in part by learning to explore all possible options for information. Knowledge is power. Gathering information is an art. Your first question is “Who knows?” Who’s involved and might know something? Then you just … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Medicare, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged activism, democracy, disability rights, Governance, HUD, information, knowledge, Long-distance calling, Medicaid, Medicare, Onondaga County New York, power, problem solving, United States Department of Justice, unlimited long distance, Washington
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Today’s Reason for Occupying Something
Yesterday I had an utterly unbelievable experience: the government told me that I could not spend my cash on what I wanted to. Honest to God, I wheeled into a store, went up to the counter, put down a $20 … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty
Tagged catheter, health care, Medicaid, Medical equipment, Medicare, patients, Physician, poverty
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