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Skriven 2008-07-13 21:27:46 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Janis Kracht
Ärende: mom  was: food
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 07-01-08 00:10 <=-

 > Some assisted living places offer help with medication, as one of their
 > services...
 JK> This one will for an additional fee which is added to the "rent" one
 JK> pays. IIRC, it hikes the cost up about $1000.00/month.  I could be
 JK> wrong there, but that's what I'm remembering from other conversations
 JK> with family members. 

That sounds steep... but I'm sure they would come up with a reason for
it.  And it is cheaper than hospital bills from not taking meds right.

 > or one can pay to have a private aide come in to help with
 > such...
 JK> Yes, another option as well.  When Ron's parents took ill, and were
 JK> alone in Sullivan county, we hired a woman to stop in on them and make
 JK> sure they took their meds, and all was well with them.  She did some
 JK> basic house keeping for them as well, so that worked out well.

And even if that ended up about as expensive as the first option, there
was more for the money, with the housekeeping.

 JK> Yes indeed.  Ron and I went through this kind of thing when his
 JK> parents were both still alive. It was rough then. They had a very rough
 JK> time in a nursing home where they were living..So we took both of them
 JK> in while we were living in Louisville.

So you already have direct experience for a lot of this.

 > muddle...  I read where you told someone else that she'd gone back in
 > with GI bleeding, was it?  Has that been brought back under control?
 > Appears continued thoughts and prayers are called for still... :)
 JK> That was some misinformation from the hospital.. it wasn't blood from
 JK> her stomach at all.  She's ok as far as that goes :)  What they

That's a relief.

 JK> determined is she had a blockage in her small intestine, and they are
 JK> treating that with a liquid diet.  In doing that, they hope to avoid
 JK> surgery - which we all find a HUGE relief!  She's not out of the woods
 JK> yet, but at least we can see a light at the end of the tunnel and we're
 JK> hoping she'll be released soon so these other considerations can be
 JK> dealt with.  Thank you so much for all your prayers :)

How are things going now?  (As I work my way slowly through the
backlog...-g-)  I hope things are truly settling down for her now.  :)

ttyl      neb

... No wanna do housework,  wanna bang on keyboard

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