I have mentioned several times how pleased I am with the Nursing Home my Mom is in. The staff there is awesome! The home is squeeky clean, cheerful and funky decor and the food is great!
I could not ask for a better place to have my Mom living the last days of her life. The only real problem I have encountered is not with the Home or the Staff, but with the Home's Doctor. I have felt for awhile Mom was on to many Drugs. I finally met with the Doctor face to face and ask if maybe we could cut back on the drugs or change them. He very quickly let me know he was the "Professional" and if I was not going to let him doctor her the way he wanted, he did not have to be her Doctor. I took this as a threat. I do not know where I would get another Doctor to treat my Mom at the nursing home. I would have to take her out of the Nursing Home and into a Doctor's office to be treated or seen. She does not walk and she wear depends. It would be very hard to transport her to and from a Dr Office....for her and for ME. Feeling my hands were tied I sought out help. I was told of Geriatric Diagnostic Center that would take my Mom and work with her and to get her on Drugs that would agree with her. So AJ and ME took her about 2 hours away from our town to Rolling Hills, a Private Psychiatric Hospital that has a Geriatric Diagnostic Center.
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Here she will see a Doctor that specializes in Seniors with Dementia and ALZ.
The Hospital was about medium size. The grounds were very nice and well kept.
Mom made the 2 hour trip very well. She was awake about the first hour and slept the last hour. She was in a good mood when we got to the Hospital and let the nurse take all her vitals with no complaints.
I tried to explain to her where she was and that I would have to leave and not see her for a few days. I do not think she understood. She had been calling ME Mom all day. But when they wheeled her out she was smiling. I have since called twice and talked to her nurses and they say she is doing fine. She still is not eating well and still getting her tube feedings. They have taken her off the meds I was so anxious to get her off of. They are trying something new. I did talk to her today for a short time and she is still very much in the grips of Dementia & ALZ, this will never go away and only get worse. Her voice did seem a little stronger and she knew she was watching the Okla Football game on TV. Mom will be at this Hospital at least 2 weeks and maybe longer. I am not looking for the Magic Pill that will make everything better....it does not exist. I would just like my Mom to have the best days possible, for her, in this Season of her life.
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