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Therapy for Kathleen A. Gagne (Follow-Up)
April 3rd, 2012 @ 9:20 am

I sent the following email to my sister and Janis Stovall at Grace Manor Port Orange: Dear Janis and [name redacted], This morning I received a phone call from Sandy and Judy with Americare. (They seemed to be calling from somewhere in Volusia County.) Sandy informed me that they received an order from Dr. Buck […]

Therapy for Kathleen A. Gagne
April 2nd, 2012 @ 4:15 pm

I just sent this email to Janis Stovall at Grace Manor: Hey Janis, I was wondering if any progress had been made on finding my mom a psychologist so we can get her on a regular schedule of therapy. Please do keep me updated, and let me know if there is anything I can do […]

Elder Care Lawyer
March 28th, 2012 @ 9:33 am

Janis Stovall from Grace Manor sent me the following email: Attorney Scott Selis. 386 445 6702. Chiumento. Selis Dwyer. Law firm. Hope this helps. Six minutes later I replied with: Thanks, Janis. Five minutes after that she replied to me with: I am at a luncheon with him. His wife is kimberly so u could […]

Mom’s Finances
March 27th, 2012 @ 11:27 am

I sent this email to my sister: Hey [name redacted], I just got off the phone with the State of Florida pension fund place. It appears that what happened is that they canceled the transfer because they thought I was a jerk. They also locked mom’s account. So now I definitely have to get Power […]

A Scary Phone Call
March 27th, 2012 @ 9:00 am

I received a call from Janis Stovall at Grace Manor. She said that mom had been swearing and saying she hated her and my sister all morning. Janis told me that mom collapsed to the floor crying at one point, and when they tried to help her she yelled, “Get your f***ing hands off me!” […]

A Bit of Hope
March 20th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm

Here is an email I sent to one of my old college friends in the spring of 2012. His wife and her family work in the medical profession and had been offering me a bit of advice about mom.   From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: Re: Treatment Team Meeting 2.28.12 Sent: March 20, 2012 […]

A Response from Janis
March 16th, 2012 @ 10:38 am

Janis Stovall from Grace Manor (finally) replied to my email from March 9th. She wrote: Good Morning David, Just wanted to get back to you and let you know that your sister is doing a great job helping mom transition. Below are the answers to the questions you had. (5) Payments are mailed to Grace […]

Closed Retirement Account
March 13th, 2012 @ 4:49 pm

I closed mom’s State of Florida pension fund this afternoon. Here is the email I sent to my sister, and to Jessica Butler and Janis Stovall of Grace Manor: Dear Jessica, I was able to successfully withdraw the remaining funds from my mother’s retirement account this afternoon. Of the $[redacted] she had accrued there, $[redacted] […]

Some Scattered Calls
March 13th, 2012 @ 6:50 am

Here are some of the phone calls I had today. All the times listed are Pacific. 6:23 AM I tried to talk to my mom by calling the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit. I spent eight minutes on the phone with them but was unable to get my mom on the phone. 6:30 AM I had […]

Questions for Janis
March 9th, 2012 @ 1:59 pm

In response to a prior email, I sent the following message to Janis Stovall at Grace Manor: Dear Janis, (1) Once again there is a point of confusion here. Connie at no point during our phone call yesterday morning indicated to me that my mother, Kathleen Gagne, could “sign in for herself”. We discussed that […]