Florida Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center
**Updated 7-22-08**
Newly Revamped FSCIRC Newsletter!
James A. Haley VA has beds available for recently-injured vent-dependent patients
The SCI-B Ventilator Rehab Unit in the Spinal Cord Injury Center at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital in Tampa, is pleased to announce that is has acute program beds available for recently-injured ventilator-dependent veteran patients with cervical spinal cord injury. We are accepting referrals on behalf of veteran patients with the desire and ability to undertake a rigorous respiratory rehabilitation program aimed at weaning from mechanical ventilation. Please consider making referrals to
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Attn: John. L. Merritt, MD
Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service
Spinal Cord Injury Center (128C)
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
(813) 972-7517
Effects of Prolonged Electrical Stimulation on Neural Plasticity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
This is a a new SCI research study being conducted at the Miami VAMC. Investigators are looking for individuals with incomplete spinal cord injuries at level C7 and above to participate. To view additional information about the study, download a flyer here. A brochure containing info is provided as well.
Please contact Carlos Gomez at http://spinalcord.techservicesgroup.com/mailtCarlos.Gomez-Orozco@va.gov or 305-575-7000 x6993 to find out more.
Save Money on Your Local Phone Service!
Lifeline Assistance Programs are helping to make telephone service affordable to low-income customers in our state. The programs are designed to ensure that the basic telephone connection (hook-up) and service remain affordable to all residents of Florida. Link-Up Florida gives a 50% rebate in the telephone hook-up charge (up to $30.00). Lifeline Assistance gives $13.50 credit per month on local phone bills. Over a year's time, that is a savings of $162.00. The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) is committed to making sure that eligible low income residents receive these discounts, but, to benefit, you need to apply.
Eligibility includes:
. If you receive state or federal help from:
. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
. Food Stamps
. Medicaid
. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
. Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
. National School Lunch (NSL) Program's free lunch program
. In addition, if you live on a federally recognized tribal land and are eligible for benefits through the Bureau of
Indian Affairs for Tribal TANF, Head Start Subsidy or the NSL, you qualify for expanded Lifeline assistance.
For additional information call the Florida Public Service
Commission's Division of Regulatory Compliance and Consumer Assistance at
(800) 342-3552, fax your questions to (800) 511-0809, or contact the FPSC
via the following E-mail address: http://spinalcord.techservicesgroup.com/mailtcontact@psc.state.fl.us.
See the Internet home page at http://www.floridapsc.com/
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