[humanser] question health care

[Ginny Duff]

Almost any pharmacy can put medications in a blister pack that helps organise all the meds.   The pills are put into little bubbles or pockets for moneing, noon, supper and bedtime.   This is useful for anyone who has to take medication on a regular basis.   It helps organise the pills and also helps prevent double dosing.

You could probably put braile labels on the rows / colums so that the person takes them in the right order.     I’ve never used a pen friend but that might be a way of labelling the blister pack.   Onece you know what order the bubbles are in, you probably wouldn’t need to double check every time.
i’m not familiar with Script talk.   How does it work?  Is it a simple thing to use?

I always use Be My yes if I am ever in doubt about labelling of something.

Ginny

Dr. V. Duff
Clinical Director
West End Assertive Community Treatment Team
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
Lecturer, University of Toronto


On May 28, 2019, at 09:29, Alexander Castillo via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org<mailto:humanser at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Hi, script talk is something that insurance pays for. If it is a small
pharmacy, they might accommodate the individual. How many medications
is this person taking? Organization and placement techniques might
assist. For example, all of the day time meds ggo in one bag. Getting
used to a weekly system might be useful as well. Tying rubber bands
around the bottle is another example...

Alex C.

On 5/28/19, Reyazuddin, Yasmin via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org<mailto:humanser at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
Hi All,
I have an interesting question, for which I need some information.
A social worker who works for a major health care insurance company calls to
ask A blind person needs assistance in figuring out the prescriptions that
he/she takes every day.
Would like to know if the pharmacy will make individual packs for every day
and deliver it to the customer.
(if you know of any pharmacy, please let me know)
My thinking is that the social worker should be made aware of NFB and the
services provided to help her and others like her.
Also the national health insurance companies should be made aware of
services like script-talk and other devices and encouraged to pay for such
equipment for a blind customer.
I will be talking to this individual and would like to hear from anyone who
may have some ideas.



Yasmin Reyazuddin, Customer Service Representative II
MC311 Customer Service Center
Office of Public Information
1401 Rockville Pike., Suite #300
Rockville, MD 20852
phone: 240-777-0311
email:
yasmin.reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov<mailto:yasmin.reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov><mailto:your%20name at montgomerycountymd.gov>


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