Monday, February 3, 2014

"Free at Last!"

"Free at Last!"

San Angelo Library, TX  Updated F 28 Feb 2014

    To quote Martin Luther King, Jr., "I'm free at last" -- from the Community Living Center of the Big Spring, Texas, VA Hospital. The food and care were good -- and I didn't have to wash the dishes. But the rules and regulations were onerous. And there is no WiFi unless one goes AWOL -- as I did to get their attention. [Ruth Hook, the CLC's Entertainment Director, was able to set up a WiFi Hot-Spot for me using her cell phone. Eventually, all VA facilities will have WiFi, but that day is likely 2-3 years in the future.]

    The Big Spring Communal Living Center, formerly known as a VA Nursing Home, is located on the 5th floor of the hospital; see 1st link below for a photo of the hospital. For more on what the VA can do for a vet who is in his latter years, see this link.

    While a poster to right of the Nursing Station at the CLC states that a veteran, if he's capable of understanding his condition and/or problems, may select the care he is to receive, I found that there is a gap between the statement of this policy and its implementation. Would I spurn another trip to a CLC because of this? No. I'd suggest you try it, and if it's not "your cup of tea," you can always sign yourself out.



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F 28 Feb Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo P.O. - San Angelo Lib - Sherwood Way W/M

Sa 1 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo P.O. - San Angelo Lib - Sherwood Way W/M

Su 2 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Sherwood Way W/M

M 3 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo VA Clinic - San Angelo Lib - Sherwood Way W/M

T 4 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo P.O. - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Sherwood Way W/M

W 5 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo P.O. - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Sherwood Way W/M

Th 6 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Sherwood Way W/M

F 7 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Dollar Tree - Sherwood Way W/M

Sa 8 Mar Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Dollar Tree - Sherwood Way W/M

Su 9 Mar Route: Sherwood Way W/M - San Angelo Visitor Ctr - Sherwood Way W/M


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