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RE: Kathleen Gagne Medicaid
August 6th, 2012 @ 7:27 pm

My sister sent this email to both me and to Shelly Sparace 1 at Woodland Terrace: Hi, David and Shelly. I received a notice in my email that linked to this letter from Medicaid 2. Shelly, have these forms been sent? Attached was a 2.2MB PDF named “Medicaid Letter 8.7.2012”. It is another perfect example […]

Psychiatric Therapy Approved
August 3rd, 2012 @ 10:30 am

I just received a call from Shelly Sparace at Woodland Terrace. She asked how I was doing and I said that everything was going well aside from spending the last nine months dealing with the most horrible, traumatic thing that has ever happened to my family. She said she understood and sounded very sympathetic. She […]

Calling Woodland Terrace
August 2nd, 2012 @ 8:50 am

I called Woodland Terrace this morning hoping I would be able to get mom on the phone. 1 After a few rings, the line was answered, “Hello. Woodland Terrace. This is Rosa.” I asked if it was Rosa Rivera and she said it was. I identified myself and she said that “they” had received my […]

Nurse Luanne
August 1st, 2012 @ 10:38 am

I called Woodland Terrace to see if I could get an update from Nurse Luanne since I hadn’t heard from her in over an hour. A woman named Marty answered the phone. I told her that I had talked to Nurse Luanne in the West wing about an hour ago and wanted to know if […]

A Request to Administer Haldol
August 1st, 2012 @ 9:21 am

I just received a phone call from Nurse Luanne at Woodland Terrace. She introduced herself and confirmed my identity and then said, “We’re going to be stopping the Ativan and starting her on Haldol.” I asked her why and she told me that she had talked to Dr. Peele and he had approved Haldol because […]

Re: Mom and Therapy
July 31st, 2012 @ 4:41 pm

My sister sent me this email: Hi, David. Sylvia 1 returned my phone call this afternoon. She said that it would be best to go ahead and send them a payment from Mom’s Social Security equivalent to her monthly amount minus the $[redacted] that will go into Mom’s Personal Trust (Mom’s “fun”money account, so to […]

Reluctant to Give Out Information
July 31st, 2012 @ 3:16 pm

I called Woodland Terrace at six o’clock their time, as Dawn suggested a few hours ago, to get an update on my mom. A woman answered the phone and said, “Woodland Terrace. This is Marty. How may I help you?” I said that I was calling for Dawn in the West wing and she said […]

Mom and Therapy
July 31st, 2012 @ 12:59 pm

My sister just sent me this email: […] Do you know if they are doing any kind of therapy with Mom? As I was reading the blog entry about the Olympics and thinking about Mom in a wheelchair, I got concerned about whether or not they were doing ANY physical therapy with her. Even just […]

Returned Admissions Forms
July 31st, 2012 @ 12:01 pm

This afternoon I signed and / or initialed and then faxed to Woodland Terrace the majority of the new documents which Rosa Rivera sent me yesterday. I included a cover letter, and then also emailed it to her: Dear Ms. Rivera, At approximately 3:00PM EDT I signed and / or initialed and returned the following […]

Calling for a Status Update
July 31st, 2012 @ 11:08 am

I called Woodland Terrace because I was told that Dr. Peele makes his rounds on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I wanted to (a) get an update on mom’s status and (b) confirm which medications she’s currently being prescribed. Rachel answered the phone and was quite polite when I requested to speak to the nurse assigned […]