This is an email I sent to a friend of mine. From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: Fwd: Treatment Team Meeting 2.28.12 Sent: February 29, 2012 2:18 AM ET Hey [redacted], This is an email (see below) I received from my sister summarizing what was discussed at Monday’s treatment team meeting. I find it […]
My sister just sent me this email: Hey, David. This is a brief rundown of what I got out of the meeting. (I am not agreeing with all of it, just telling you what I heard them saying.) I am also working on a journal of my visits. I will send you that once I […]
Near the end of February of 2012, an old and dear friend from college suggested I email his wife and her dad with some details about mom’s condition in the hopes that they might be able to offer some advice. Here is the email I sent them: From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: My […]
Delia McClain, a Medicaid Client Services Specialist with ElderSource, replied to my email from yesterday with this message: The Dementia program is called Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative (ADI). Also, please contact Tallahassee to request the representative for the county in which your mother resides in to address funding. The Department of Elder Affairs in Tallahassee phone […]
In February of 2012 one of my good college friends asked me how mom was doing in an email about a different topic. I realized that I hadn’t told him anything about what had been happening, and that he was someone I could trust. So I wrote him a rather long synopsis of things. […]
I sent an email to Delia to follow up on her last message to me, in which she promised to talk to her supervisor and contact me: From: Gagne, David To: McClain, Delia <Delia McClainD@elderaffairs.org> Subject: Re: Status Update Sent: February 23, 2012 5:55 PM PT Dear Delia, Last week you advised that you […]
I received the following email from my sister today: David, I met Connie & Marilyn today. Marilyn thinks that where Mom is at now is what her baseline is going to be. Neither of them seems to think Mom is going to improve, and that at best we can improve her environment. Connie was saying […]
Delia McClain, the Medicaid Client Services Specialist with ElderSource, responded to my plea for help with this email: Good morning Mr. Gagne, I am very sorry to say that at this time, nothing has changed regarding your mother’s status since we’d last communicated. Also, there is no new information for the Dementia program. If/when her […]