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Veterans in Alaska nursing homes caught in dispute over meds

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Veterans in Alaska nursing homes caught in dispute over medsUpdated at 4:56 AM
Veterans in Alaska nursing homes caught in dispute over meds
By Rosemary Shinohara | The Anchorage Daily News
Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Military veterans living in the state-run Alaska Pioneer Homes are losing out on free or low-cost prescription benefits they are entitled to for serving their country because two medical bureaucracies can't seem to figure out how to get VA drugs to them.

The problem — mostly about the packaging the medicines come in — affects those veterans who need help from staff to take their meds.

Instead of pill bottles, the Pioneer Homes want the medicine to come in blister packs -- foil on one side, plastic on the other, name of pill and patient on the package, with each pill ready to be individually popped out.

That's for safety, says Dave Cote, head of the Pioneer Homes.

But the Veterans Administration isn't set up to make blister packs, says Marcia Hoffman-Devoe, spokeswoman for the agency. "We don't have the space to do that. We do not have the capability to do that."


Rest of article at: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/nation/story/78287.html
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   I would say unbelievable, but spent too many years dealing with the VA  niyad   Nov-05-09 01:57 AM   #1 
   Sounds like it's the Pioneer homes  Confusious   Nov-05-09 02:36 AM   #2 
   We should contact Shinseki and Senator Kerry about this today!!  Major Hogwash   Nov-05-09 03:53 AM   #3 
   A home should be able to dispense medicine in whatever containers it's prescribed.  LeftyMom   Nov-05-09 03:56 AM   #4 
 
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1. I would say unbelievable, but spent too many years dealing with the VA
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2. Sounds like it's the Pioneer homes
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 02:36 AM by Confusious
Being unreasonable
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3. We should contact Shinseki and Senator Kerry about this today!!
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 03:54 AM by Major Hogwash
I'm sure they are aware of how dangerous the situation is for people when they can't get their medication.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 03:56 AM
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4. A home should be able to dispense medicine in whatever containers it's prescribed.
If they need to develop new procedures to do that, then they need to get on the stick and get that done.
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