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kestrellI know that's awkwardly worded, as I was attempting to squeeze it into a subject line but, after spending so much of the past year in Zoom meetings discussing health care equity for people with disabilities, I still feel there are so many people being left out who really need those services, and that we aren't really asking the right questions.
Of course, the irony is that a lot of time, the people who need to be asked these questions don't have access to the forms in which these questions are being asked, or, when they are at a doctor's office, nurses or office workers's don't take time to assist in fulling reading the entire forms in which these questions are being asked. Also, if oen of the questions is "Do you have trouble getting to doctor appointments?", you are also less likely tob e reading these questions.
The two questions below are currently used in MassHealth paper and electronic applications:
1. Do you have an injury, illness, or disability (including a disabling mental condition) that has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months? If legally blind, answer Yes. The response options are Yes or No.
2. Do you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability or an injury? If Yes, complete the rest of this application, including Supplement C: Accommodation. The response options are Yes or No.
MassHealth also provides the 6 HHS questions:
1. Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing?
2. Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?
3. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?
4. Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?
5. Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?
6. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping?
Of course, the irony is that a lot of time, the people who need to be asked these questions don't have access to the forms in which these questions are being asked, or, when they are at a doctor's office, nurses or office workers's don't take time to assist in fulling reading the entire forms in which these questions are being asked. Also, if oen of the questions is "Do you have trouble getting to doctor appointments?", you are also less likely tob e reading these questions.
The two questions below are currently used in MassHealth paper and electronic applications:
1. Do you have an injury, illness, or disability (including a disabling mental condition) that has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months? If legally blind, answer Yes. The response options are Yes or No.
2. Do you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability or an injury? If Yes, complete the rest of this application, including Supplement C: Accommodation. The response options are Yes or No.
MassHealth also provides the 6 HHS questions:
1. Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing?
2. Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?
3. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?
4. Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?
5. Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?
6. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping?
