I just received the following email from Constance Wade at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit: I am pleased to inform you a neurological evaluation has been ordered for your mother. We will be mailing the guardian advocate book and test to you. Please fill out the test and mail it back to us. Our nursing […]
Here are my notes from January 20th: 0620: Connie Wade called, my first conversation with her unsure of her own email address – conniewade@halifax.org? sounded very caring and competent, said mom is on 2500 unit and Rhonda is her nurse today Connie gave me address to send mom cards, etc. Halifax Psychiatric Center 303 N […]
I spent a long time on the phone this afternoon in yet another fruitless attempt to get my mom approved for Medicaid: Timothy Jefferson @ ElderSource 904 391-6650 said he received an email from Linda Kattenoff and had Deborah‘s supervisor on the phone listening said CARES is the only agency that can do assessments said […]
I called the Elder Help Line at ElderSource at (888) 242-4464 in an attempt to have mom placed on a wait list for an “assisted living waiver”. I spoke with Deborah who said that this was, “confusing.” She said C.A.R.E.S. needs to do an assessment before ElderSource can add mom to any wait list. So […]
On January 11th of 2012, I had a very long phone call with Vanessa Merse, the Sales and Marketing Manager at Clare Bridge of Ormond Beach. It was just one of many nursing homes and assisted living facilities we contacted after we realized that mom would probably not be able to live by herself. Ms. […]