azul99
07-01-2010, 07:50 AM
It's been a rough ride since early May. After my mother had been in rehab at nursing home #1 for a few weeks, I traveled to Boston and learned some ugly things: They had changed her meds without consulting me; had lied to me about her doctor's (non-)affiliation with the place; and her room and adjoining bathroom were filthy. There is more ugliness, but suffice it to say I'm sending a strongly-worded letter to the Massachusetts regulator today. Very upsetting.
Anyway, upon learning about these things, I had her transferred to a facility where her doctor has admitting and visiting privileges, where she has been making much better progress in two weeks than she had made in a month at nursing home #1. The PT staff, for example, talked to her about her love for golf and tennis when she was younger, and based on that info got a putting green device and some badminton racquets to incorporate into her PT. Apparently she is so enthusiastic about putting and hitting balloons around with a racquet that they have to tell her to stop, that she's done enough for today. LOL
Such a relief.
She'll be done with rehab in a week or two, and I'm 99% sure that I am going to have her moved to the assisted living for memory-impaired residents unit of the same place - it's brand-new, family-owned (not publicly-traded as her current assisted living facility is), and small (max capacity 21 people). The doctor told me that most of the current residents are high-functioning as dementia goes, which is good for my mother's purposes, because she can still engage, and enjoys engaging in conversation. The memory-impairment unit at her current community, OTOH, is generally populated by people farther along the dementia path.
The worrisome part is financial - this place costs a breathtaking amount each month. I pray that she doesn't outlive her money.
Anyway, upon learning about these things, I had her transferred to a facility where her doctor has admitting and visiting privileges, where she has been making much better progress in two weeks than she had made in a month at nursing home #1. The PT staff, for example, talked to her about her love for golf and tennis when she was younger, and based on that info got a putting green device and some badminton racquets to incorporate into her PT. Apparently she is so enthusiastic about putting and hitting balloons around with a racquet that they have to tell her to stop, that she's done enough for today. LOL
Such a relief.
She'll be done with rehab in a week or two, and I'm 99% sure that I am going to have her moved to the assisted living for memory-impaired residents unit of the same place - it's brand-new, family-owned (not publicly-traded as her current assisted living facility is), and small (max capacity 21 people). The doctor told me that most of the current residents are high-functioning as dementia goes, which is good for my mother's purposes, because she can still engage, and enjoys engaging in conversation. The memory-impairment unit at her current community, OTOH, is generally populated by people farther along the dementia path.
The worrisome part is financial - this place costs a breathtaking amount each month. I pray that she doesn't outlive her money.