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He Was Fifty. She Put On Cartoons.
From the outside, it probably looked like kindness. A man who doesn’t speak is lying in a hospital bed. A nurse turns on the TV, finds a children’s cartoon, and leaves it playing. Something gentle and bright to pass the time. My brother was fifty years old. When I asked the nurse why she had…
Two Buckets, One Person: What Happens When Systems Don’t Fit
I met a person with IDD while working in behavioral health. They were in acute crisis stabilization — the kind of admission that’s supposed to be short, contained, focused on getting someone safe enough to leave. But this person was incredibly anxious about discharge. Not about being in crisis. About leaving. They were going back…
When “Just Call and Ask” Isn’t Simple At All
I had to refill a prescription this week. One prescription. Here’s what that took: a call to my mail-order pharmacy, who told me they’d outsourced the fill to another pharmacy. An online chat that couldn’t help and told me to call. A phone call that got transferred four or five times. A dropped call that…
If you’re on SSI or SSDI you get free healthcare BUT often you have to wait even longer to get authorizations in some cases. Even though social security is a federal agency the state doles out the medical insurance. In California it was called Medical-Cal.
For those that believe the agencies are consistent.. good luck.