This topic is about a person experiencing a conflict with the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) over their refusal to fund a specific type of dressing, the Hollister dressing, which was recommended by a hospital wound-care nurse. The person is frustrated because no explanation was provided for the refusal, and the nurse has taken it upon herself to supply the dressing. The person believes that using the Hollister dressing would ultimately save CCAC money by promoting faster healing, thus reducing the duration of their responsibility for home-care and ostomy supplies. The delays in resolving this issue are preventing the person from returning to work and causing significant frustration.

Here are some insights and advice shared by others:

1. The refusal by CCAC might be due to a lack of understanding or bias, sometimes referred to as "stoma stigma," within their decision-making processes. It might be helpful to treat this as a potential discriminatory issue and seek clarification or advocacy to address the situation.