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Initiating a conversation...

Balancing Safety and Empowerment :  Residential Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Programs & Program Participant Access to Medications. Initiating a conversation. OVW Disabilities Grantee Meeting St. Louis, MO. Presenters: Amy Judy, Project Coordinator, Disability Rights Wisconsin

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Initiating a conversation...

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  1. Balancing Safety and Empowerment:  Residential Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Programs & Program Participant Access to Medications Initiating a conversation...

  2. OVW Disabilities Grantee MeetingSt. Louis, MO Presenters: • Amy Judy, Project Coordinator, Disability Rights Wisconsin • Jodi Hanna, Attorney, Disability Rights Wisconsin

  3. Overview of Workshop An interactive opportunity for grantee members to converse about a legal framework for considering resident access to medications, and to identify the risks and benefits to consider regarding this access.

  4. Introductions/Background • Wisconsin’s Project: formal collaboration since 2002 • Disability Rights Wisconsin • Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault • Medication Access issue has surfaced

  5. On-Site Accessibility Assessments • Project Collaboration members • Community-Based Domestic Violence/ Sexual Assault Agency • Accessibility Spectrum Assessed: • Physical Space, • Policies, • Procedures and • Attitudes

  6. Medication Access • Consistent focus of access assessments • Common medications at issue

  7. Policies and Procedures Related to Medication Access • Storage and access at residential sites: • Emergency shelters • Transitional housing

  8. Agency Concerns • Safety concerns • Legal concerns • Dispensing medications • Children at risk • Medical emergencies

  9. Agency Concerns Impact Service • Emphasis on women with mental illness “going off their meds” • Medication “compliance” a requirement of service • Program staff serve as “medication monitors”

  10. Program Participant Concerns • Privacy & Confidentiality • Control

  11. Intake Forms • Medication related questions • Medication questions applicable to children

  12. Philosophical and Legal Tensions • Empowerment • Autonomy • Control • Safety • Liability

  13. Best Practices Recommendations • Accommodations to meet person’s needs • Individual storage lockers • Other recommended practices: • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________

  14. Jodi Hanna Attorney Disability Rights Wisconsin Voice: 608-267-0214 TTY: 888-758-6049 Email: jhanna@drwi.org Amy Judy Project Coordinator Disability Rights Wisconsin Voice: 608-267-0214 TTY: 888-758-6049 Email: amyj@drwi.org Let’s Continue This Conversation ...

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