Today marks 428 days since mom died. On August 17th, 2012 — less than a week after mom died — I wrote the following to a woman named Michelle Cofano, who worked (works?) for the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs:
Today marks 428 days since mom died. On August 17th, 2012 — less than a week after mom died — I wrote the following to a woman named Michelle Cofano, who worked (works?) for the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs:
From: Katie Perez @ K.B. Mathis, P.A. To: David V. Gagne Sent: July 29, 2013 @ 10:57 AM PDT Mr. Gagne: Based on our conversation today, I would like to try to get records from DCF. It is a long shot since they are not a medical provider, but I would like to try. […]
Four days after my mother’s death, Michelle Cofano, the Registered Nurse Specialist at the Department of Elder Affairs — also known as C.A.R.E.S. — replied to the email I sent her asking for help. She said: Hey David, Below is the information you requested: There is a program within the Department of Elder Affairs called: […]
I called Michelle Cofano from the Department of Elder Affairs using the (386) 562-7991 number I had from her. She didn’t answer, but I left her a one-minute voice mail explaining that I was very upset about the fact that the nurses at Woodland Terrace were ignoring my directions to not administer Risperdal and asked […]
I was so upset about what happened tonight while dealing with the staff at Woodland Terrace that I sent an email to Michelle Cofano <Cofanom@elderaffairs.org>, the Registered Nurse Specialist at the Department of Elder Affairs who earlier this week helped me make some progress on obtaining Medicaid for mom. The subject of the email was […]
True to her word, Michelle Cofano <Cofanom@elderaffairs.org> from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs emailed me today to confirm that she submitted her “Level of Care” report: Hey David, I just wanted to let you know I personally faxed the Level of Care this afternoon to the nursing home and I hand delivered the Level […]
This morning I received a phone call from Michelle Cofano from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. 1 She was calling to let me know that she does Medicaid eligibility approval, which is apparently another way of saying that she is responsible for submitting the “level of care” data to the state. (Yes, this is […]
Since nobody at all responded in any way to the fax Marsha Porter told me to send last week, I sent the following email to her: Ms. Porter, I found the Florida Department of Elder Affairs 2040 form as you instructed, then printed it, completed it, and faxed it to the number you instructed to […]
I just faxed a completed Florida Department of Elder Affairs 2040 form as instructed by Marsha Porter (See previous post). It is clear now why the representative from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs told Marsha to tell me to “google” the form. If you visit their website — elderaffairs.state.fl.us — you’ll see how poorly […]