[humanser] question health care

[Ginny Duff]

I wonder if it can be used with blister packs.   I have all my patients (none of whom are blind ) use blister packs.

The patient choice should be driving the solutions.

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 11:13, Susan Tabor via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org<mailto:humanser at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Hi, Ginny:

ScripTalk is easy to use.  One just places the bottle with the bar code on the bottom on the machine, turn it on and it reads the information on the bar code aloud.
Susan

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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><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><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.



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