Re: Update on my dad

[Guest guest]

Caroline

I am so sorry about what you are going through. Although I have no experience

with a NH yet, I am shocked that they would send your dad to the emergency

room because they cannot handle him. I had no idea they operated like that. I

assumed it was their job to handle their patients. It scares me. I hope you

find your way through this very difficult situation and know that there are many

here that are thinking of you.

Best Hugs to you & your mom

[Guest guest]

caroline,

go to our homepage at yahoo and look at the many links and resources that

victoria was so kind to organize for us, print out information on lbd and bring

it to the hosp *or mial or fax it * maybe this information will help, becuase

normal protacal is use to haldol, or ativan to calm patients and both are known

problem drugs to lbd patients. i pray this comes to a peacefrul end soon. you

all leave about 5 hours from me. bug please know i am sending posititve nights

ovlr to dyour way, hugs, sharon m

---- whittakermc wrote:

This was going to be my 1st week with experience with a NH. I was

emotional about it but I never thought it would be the nightmare

that it has turned out to be. Last Friday my dad was placed in a NH

for the 1st time. Saturday he ended up in the ER because the NH

could not handle him. He was in the hospital until Wednesday and

then was placed in a new NH that had a dedicated (locked) dementia

unit. Last night (Thursday) we got a call from the facility saying

that once again dad was sent to the ER because he had behavior

problems that they could not handle. After a night in the ER he has

now been sent to a geriatric psychiatric unit at a hospital about 2

hours away from me and my mom. They said that he would be there for

2 weeks while they evaluated him and changed his medication. I'm

very worried about this - I want to be positive and hope that they

change his medication for the better. But I have a fear that he

will be worse coming out than when he went in. Can anyone give me

pros or cons to this kind of unit and med evaluations?

I'm also worried about my mom. I know that the disease has drained

her too but this week she can hardly survive. I'm trying to help

her through but I don't want to lose her too. She's going through

what I see as the many stages of grief and she is going through them

all at the same time. How do I comfort her???? She is having such

a hard time with the decision to finally place my dad.

Caroline

--

Daugher of Leonard, diag May 2004, had lbd since 1993, had hip surgery from fall

7/05, aspiration pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, had aspiration

pneumonia and uti 8/05, died of blood pressure drop on 9/25/05,

may he rest in peace with his mom and dad,

a smile a day keeps the meanies away