2008-2009 HOSPITAL PROGRAM

MONTHLY CREDITS:  Hospital Activities will be reported on the current Department Hospital Activities report form or submitted by Electronic Input reporting.  Hospital Activity reporting will be May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009.  Activities completed after May 1, 2008 will be credited.  Monthly reporting means a report of hospital activities that are accomplished by a Post for that current reporting month.  Hospital Activities report received with two or three months reporting in the current year, credit will be applied in total to the current reporting month.  Please send only one report.  Submit your report once a month.  Do not duplicate reporting.  The report must be in Department Headquarters by the 10^th of the month following the reporting month.  (EXAMPLE:  May reports must be in Department Headquarters by June 10^th). 

ELECTRONIC REPORTING:  Submit Hospital Activities on the Department Website.  When filling out your electronic report, be sure your data is correct in all blocks.  It is important that name, date of project, district and post number is correct.  If date, district or post number is incorrect your report will not be applied to your post monthly reports.  In electronic reporting it is permissible to enter a report for each hospital project in that reporting month.  When using this method of reporting, always enter the date the project was accomplished and just provide the information for that project.   

When you are reporting all your monthly activities in one monthly report, use the date of your report or the end of the month date.  If you find that you forgot something, you can submit an updated report with new or forgotten project information.  Do not total and submit your original reported information with the new or forgotten reporting information.  The computer will automatically total all reports for that reporting month.  NOTE:  The date of project and the comment box is a required information block.  Enter project date DD/MM/YYYY (07/31/2008).  Enter comment or just note (none). 

After you submit the data, you will have a form confirmation come up on your screen.  Check this information again and make a copy of this confirmation for your records.  If there is an error or data is not entered, resubmit your report.  In doing this make it clear in the comment box what action you have taken so that the original report can or can not be deleted.  Do not submit a hard copy or paper report if you have submitted online. 

CANCER DONATIONS:  Cancer donations that are turned into Department Headquarters can be reported on your hospital activity report.

FUNERALS:  This is not considered a hospital activity.  Funerals can be reported on your Community Activity forms. 

HOSPITAL VISITATION:  The only hours that are reported are visitation hours or time spent with patients on off station activities confined to a hospital facility, rest home, bed rest or home bound in his or her own home.  Recurring visitations may be summarized for the month you are reporting.  Travel hours are not reported.  These are reported as miles traveled only.  If traveling hours are entered, you are double dipping.  The report will not be accepted.  Maintenance of auto such as gas is not reported.  You will receive $0.14 a mile if granted by the committee at the end of the reporting year. 

HOSPITAL VALUES:  All visitation hours are $14.83 per hour and mileage is $0.14 per mile (round trip).  Blood donations will be credited at $69.00 per pint.  These will all be credited at the end of the reporting year.

BLOOD DONATION REPORTING:  When reporting a blood drive, a copy of a blood donation report must be turned in with your report.  The Red Cross will provide this slip to you.  If there are one or more donors, a copy of each post donation and call back instructions for each donor will be an acceptable document to substantiate blood donations.  Posts that do electronic reporting will forward a copy of the blood donation slip to the Department Hospital Director to make notation that the documentation was received. 

LOANED HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT:  Loaned equipment will be filled out on the Hospital Activities reporting form, under service or activity box.  Itemize each piece of equipment (Example:  2 wheelchairs $40.00 each).  Under loaned hospital equipment box enter $80.00 for the total amount for two wheelchairs.  Do not enter loaned equipment money in the donations or cash column.  The rental value is entered in the loaned hospital equipment column. 

Magazines and other reading material collected from the dead-letter file at the US Postal Service or from other sources where the front covers are torn off will be considered as used material.  Check your evaluation sheet for values.  All reading material and clothing must be clean and free of musty smells.  All material must be accepted or you do not receive any credit. 

HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT                                           USED CLOTHES

Hospital Beds         $100.00                Suits                $40.00            

Hospital Beds/Elec $200.00                Slacks              $25.00

Hospital Table        $    6.00                Sport Coats     $  5.00

Hover                     $  40.00                Shirt/Blouse    $  5.00

Walker                    $  20.00                Heavy Coats   $40.00

Wheelchair             $  40.00                Heavy Jackets $25.00

Wheelchair/Elec.    $100.00                Light Jackets   $20.00

Quad Cane             $  10.00                Sweaters          $15.00

Cane                       $    6.00                Shorts              $  5.00

Crutches/Alum.      $  15.00                Ties                  $  2.00

Crutches/Wood      $    6.00                Skirts               $10.00

Carry Chair             $  30.00                Dresses            $15.00

Commode               $  20.00                Shoes               $  8.00

Trapeze                   $  30.00                Purses              $  5.00

Amego                    $200.00                Hats/Belts       $  3.00

                                                            Gloves             $  3.00

                                                            Slips                $  3.00

                                                            Pajamas           $  3.00

                                                            Robes              $  5.00

                                                            Socks               $  1.00

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

New Books/Mag.   Purchase Price

Pocket Novel Books   $0.50

Regular Bound Books            $1.50

Puzzles                   $0.25

Used Magazines

(If Accepted)         $0.50

Used Playing Cards    $0.50

***ALL NEW ARTICLES ARE VALUED AT THE PURCHASE PRICE

ENTERTAINMENT:  Amateur – Use hours and mileage

                               Professional – Going rate of hour and mileage, but not both

ALL OF THE ABOVE RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED OR YOUR REPORT WILL BE REJECTED! 

ALL HOSPITAL REPORTS ARE TO BE MAILED TO:                    

Department of Michigan VFW

924 North Washington                                                                    

Lansing, MI  48906                                                                                      

FAX:  517-485-6432

Jerry Smith, Director

269-792-1408

Email: JerryLSmith@chartermi.net