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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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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 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, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Sex, Spirituality, Values
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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The Old Man Revisited (Part IV)
When last we met, the Old Man—Dr. Michael Gregory, 73, who has had seven strokes as well as other major medical problems—had been dumped in a motel by Steven Armendarez, a social worker at the Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medical care, Poverty, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged "excited utterance", Ann Marie Buerkle, case management, Charles Schumer, Conditions and Diseases, David Carr, diagnosis, disability, discharge planning, Earl Fortenot, health care, homeless veterans, Kirsten Gillibrand, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patients bill of rights, patients rights, poverty, power, problem solving, Social work, social worker, Steven Armendarez, Syracuse VA Hospital, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Hospital, values, Veterans Health Administration
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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
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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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The Old Man on the Sidewalk (Part II)
When Onondaga County Adult Protective Services was asked what to do about the homeless old man on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building, they said, “Send him to the second floor of the Civic Center.” That is the intake … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Protective Services, Civic Center, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, DSS, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, poverty, problem solving, Social work, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, values, Welfare
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The Old Man on the Sidewalk
[All proper nouns relating to the man are fictitious equivalents. The man and the story are real.] Mike grew up in Schenectady, graduated high school and joined the Navy. After doing a four-year hitch, he spent a lot of time … Continue reading
