I called C.A.R.E.S. at (386) 238-4946 and talked to Linda in the Department of Elder Affairs. She said there are two wait list programs, but mom is only eligible for one of them because of her age, and that she needs “assisted living assistance”.
I called C.A.R.E.S. at (386) 238-4946 and talked to Linda in the Department of Elder Affairs. She said there are two wait list programs, but mom is only eligible for one of them because of her age, and that she needs “assisted living assistance”.
A discharge coordinator, Rodney Curtis, called me from Halifax Hospital. He said that he called “a few other” ALFs but that he keeps “encountering the same resistance” when trying to find a place where mom can go because of concerns about paying for her prescriptions. Shady Oaks was one of the places he called. Rodney […]
I called the rec room number at Stewart-Marchman in an attempt to talk to mom. A crazed man answered the phone and started immediately ranting about how he was being held against his will “in this shithole.” I hung up and called the number for the nurses station. A man with a very heavy Eastern […]
Sophia Mas from Stewart-Marchman called to tell me that mom had received another card from me in the mail. I asked Sophia if she liked it, and she told me that it was hard to tell because she didn’t seem to be aware of anything, and that when she tried to get her to read […]
I called Judy Martin at Hampton Manor this morning. She said that she was “doing outreach” this week and that she would go visit mom. She said that they don’t have any “memory care beds” available right now, but that changes frequently.
I received the following voice mail this afternoon: “Hi, David. This is Katherine Dray calling from Southland Suites here in Ormond Beach; we’re an assisted living community. You actually had gone on to the Brookdale web, which is our parent company, in search for information, about … there’s some communities that we do have. Again […]
On January 11th of 2012, I had a very long phone call with Vanessa Merse, the Sales and Marketing Manager at Clare Bridge of Ormond Beach. It was just one of many nursing homes and assisted living facilities we contacted after we realized that mom would probably not be able to live by herself. Ms. […]
I had a fourteen minute phone call with Maria from Lakewood Retirement, who finally returned one of my calls this morning. Here are my notes from the call: 1035 Maria from Lakewood called & I conferenced [my little sister] into the call said mom is not receiving “Part A” or “Part B” said Sophia told […]
Sophia Mas called me from Stewart-Marchman ACT and, according to AT&T, we talked for about thirty-six minutes. Here are my notes from the call: 0945 Sophia Mas called in response to an email I sent. called to explain why she sent me two resources with no context or explanation # for prescription assistance, help people […]
I sent the following email to Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman: Hello Sophia, (1) Can we please schedule a time and date for the conference call in advance this time? I can be available any time, day or night, any day this week. But it is much, much easier for me if I can plan for […]