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 […]
Here is a voice mail I just received: “Mr. Gagne, this is Marilyn at Halifax in Daytona. I just gave [name redacted] a call to see if she could join us in a meeting on Friday, this Friday, eight-thirty in the morning, 1 to discuss the Medicaid application and that kind of thing that is […]
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 […]
On the morning of February 24th, 2012, my little sister forwarded me an email she received from someone at Emeritus at Port Orange: From: Gagne, Jennifer To: Gagne, David Subject: Fwd: Emeritus at Port Orange Sent: February 24, 2012 9:01 AM Hi, David. I received this from one of the places I visited. I […]
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 […]
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 […]