[nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a member

[Karen Rose]

I wonder – could the kitty and FB reader on an iPhone read the screen?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Michael Bullis via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Please let the list know if you find a solution as this will certainly come
> up for others.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jerad Nylin
> via nfb-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:03 PM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jerad Nylin
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a member
> 
> Hello, my name is Jerad Nylin and I am the president of the Cedar Rapids
> Iowa chapter.  We have a member who has a family member in the hospital who
> is also blind.  The person in the hospital is on a feeding tube at this
> time, and may need to be on it for a while, however the equipment that
> distributes the food when needed is not accessible to the blind, as it is
> touch screen, and has no auditory output to know when requests are input in
> to the computer to start the feeding.  This is an issue, because the patient
> may be able to get discharged from the hospital and go home while still on a
> feeding tube, however there would not be a way for the patient or the family
> member to read the screen to administer the feeding.  
> 
> I asked permission from the member if I could reach out to the listservs to
> see if other federation members have ever had to deal with this.  Does
> anyone know if there is a way or a machine that is accessible for the blind
> to use on their own? The hospital social worker has never had this issue
> come up, so they don't know how to help, but I beleave they would be open to
> ideas to help this family out. If you have ideas, please email me at
> jnylin92 at gmail.com or call me at (319)535-3723
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you so much
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> 
> 
> Jerad Nylin
> 
> President: Cedar Rapids Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
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