RE: Resident Agreement –
March 9th, 2012 @ 9:51 am

Janis Stovall from Grace Manor Port Orange sent me this email: Per Connie at Halifax she has had a conversation with you and stated to you that Ms. Gagne could sign in for herself. I am ok with that. Just let me know if it is a go for her to move to Grace Manor. […]

Resident Agreement
March 8th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm

Janis Stovall from Grace Manor Port Orange sent me this email with the subject line “Resident Agreement”: Attached is the move in paperwork for your review. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Janis Attached was Resident Agreement.pdf, a 4.5MB, 44-page file. I replied to her via email about ninety minutes later, […]

Mistaken Identity
March 6th, 2012 @ 1:18 pm

Here’s an email I received from Janis Stovall of Grace Manor Port Orange. The footnote I added is the best part. Hi David, I am still with residents and would like to call you later this afternoon. My days can be pretty packed as you can imagine. Mom was pleasant, but I did not speak […]

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 […]

Too Many Drugs
March 6th, 2012 @ 12:20 am

Here is an email I sent to Janis Stovall at Grace Manor Port Orange: Dear Ms. Stovall, I received the email below from a friend of a friend who works as a consultant with veterans dealing with PTSD. 1 It’s interesting because she seemed to have a lot of information about the medications mom is […]

Timeline
March 6th, 2012 @ 12:17 am

I sent the following email to Janis Stovall <janis.stovall@gracemanorportorange.com> at Grace Manor Port Orange: Dear Ms. Stovall, Here is a summary of the details I have. I’ve included a very basic timeline at the end. I have taken extensive notes during every phone call I’ve had with anyone regarding my mother — every nurse, doctor, […]

Questions
March 2nd, 2012 @ 3:41 am

Here is an email I sent to my friend’s father-in-law, who works in the elder care industry and who had been offering me some advice.   From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: Re: Questions for Monday Sent: March 2, 2012 3:41 AM ET Hello, [redacted], Thank you so, so much. I cannot possibly describe to […]

The Side Effects Are Bothersome
March 1st, 2012 @ 10:32 pm

Late at night on the first day of March 2012, I forwarded to my sister and some other friends the email a different friend had sent me regarding a nurse’s opinion of the medications mom was being administered:   From: Gagne, David To: Gagne, Jennifer Cc: [redacted] Subject: Fwd: My Mom Sent: March 1, 2012 […]

RE: Questions for Monday
March 1st, 2012 @ 10:16 am

About six months before mom died, my friend’s father-in-law wrote me a very nice email offering some of his contacts to potentially help us navigate the process of dealing with Medicaid and nursing homes, etc.   From: [redacted] To: Gagne, David Subject: RE: Questions for Monday Sent: March 1, 2012 1:16 PM EST David: I’m […]

Re: Treatment Team Meeting 2.28.12
February 29th, 2012 @ 4:56 pm

Late on February 29th, 2012, my friend’s wife replied to my frustrated email about administrators at Halifax Hospital suddenly wanting to discharge mom without having a good option of where she should go:   From: [redacted] To: Gagne, David Subject: Re: Treatment Team Meeting 2.28.12 Sent: February 29, 2012 7:56 PM ET Any way you […]