Posts tagged “Medicaid”

To consider…
April 28th, 2012 @ 12:46 pm

Here’s an email I just received from my sister: I think I told you that they took Mom off of the Cymbalta the other night. I have not heard from Jan yet, but I think she may have already visited Mom today. I can’t imagine that if she saw Mom as she has been since […]

Update
April 27th, 2012 @ 7:34 am

My sister just sent me this email: I received a call Wednesday night around 11:30pm from Crystal, the nurse on duty. She called to tell me that Mom’s bed alarm went off and that when they got to her room , Mom was on her knees on the floor. She did not appear to have […]

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 […]

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 […]

Talking to Melanie
April 4th, 2012 @ 12:20 pm

I was able to get through to Melanie. (She returned my call after I left a message for her in response to the call I missed from her.) She told me that mom, “needs to be stabilized.” We talked for over an hour and that’s the only note I wrote about the call, which is […]

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 […]

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, […]

A Terrible Conference Call
March 2nd, 2012 @ 5:40 am

My sister and I had a forty-three minute conference call with doctors, nurses, discharge coordinators, and administrators at Halifax Hospital. Dr. Caliendo talked to me as if I was a dumb ten-year old and I felt insulted and embarrassed, at times in tears during the call. Less than six months later, my mother would be […]

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 […]

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