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 […]
My sister sent this email to me and copied Janis Stovall and Janice Day at Grace Manor Hi, All. Dr. Moore, psychiatrist at Halifax, came to visit Mom around 1pm yesterday. When I asked him what he thought, he said he thinks she has a combination of some dementia/confusion/paranoia with possible severe depression. She was […]
I replied to my sister’s email and copied Janis Stovall and Janice Day at Grace Manor: [name redacted], I can get you the details about Elder Source tomorrow when I get to my office. The assessment was definitely done; I will get you the date and the name of the person that did it as […]
My sister just sent me the following email. She copied Janis Stovall and Janice Day at Grace Manor Port Orange: Mom was brought to the Halifax emergency room, Saturday, April 14th, at approximately 7pm, after conferring with Jeanne and Hannah regarding Mom’s inability to urinate in almost 24 hours and claims of abdominal pain. Mom […]
I spent a staggering sixty-nine minutes on the phone with a social worker named Marilyn at Halifax Hospital this afternoon. I took over a page of notes, and when the call was finished I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. Here are my notes from the call: 1240 – called Marilyn, social worker; super nice, smart, […]
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 […]
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 […]