Update: Part 2
April 16th, 2012 @ 8:20 pm

My sister just sent me the following email. She copied Janis Stovall and Janice Day at Grace Manor Port Orange: Dr. Moore, one of the psychiatrists from Halifax, came to see Mom around noon. Mom was pretty sleepy at the time. Dr. Moore asked me some questions regarding Mom’s history. He also tried to ask […]

Easter Sunday
April 15th, 2012 @ 9:52 pm

My sister just sent me the following email. She copied Janis Stovall and Janice Day at Grace Manor Port Orange: Mom was brought to the Halifax emergency room, Saturday, April 14th, at approximately 7pm, after conferring with Jeanne and Hannah regarding Mom’s inability to urinate in almost 24 hours and claims of abdominal pain. Mom […]

Disappointment
April 10th, 2012 @ 2:15 pm

I talked to Janis Stovall at Grace Manor for quite a while today. She said that mom continues to try grabbing and scratching at her caregivers, and during meals she keeps throwing her dishes at people. Janis said that mom was, “the worst case [she’d seen] in ten years,” and that she needs to be […]

RE: Therapy for Kathleen A. Gagne (Follow-Up)
April 5th, 2012 @ 12:23 pm

I just received the following email from Janis Stovall, the administrator at Grace Manor Port Orange: Just wanted to let you know that I have Sandy in the office from Americare and I spoke to them about the situation regarding your mom. There will be 3 visits to see mom at no charge and then […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Long Call with Janis
March 7th, 2012 @ 2:17 pm

I had a fairly long phone call with Janis Stovall from Grace Manor Port Orange. Here are my notes from the call: Janis spoke with EverCare, a diversion plan; possibly 30 days 1 EverCare is a state-funded program Department of Children & Families will give a list to providers, EverCare is on that list assumes […]

Confusion Again
March 6th, 2012 @ 12:40 am

In early March I forwarded to Janis Stovall of Grace Manor Port Orange the email I sent to Connie Wade at Halifax a month earlier. I prefaced the forward with this note: Dear Ms. Stovall, Here is a message I sent to Connie at Halifax on February 6. I have edited the original message by […]