Re: Re: For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

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I used Melatonin for Mom and I have used it myself since.  I have no side

effects at all.  Even if I wake up at night I can't tell I have some help to

sleep.  I would highly recommend it even if it doen't do all you want, you can

use more with no side effects.

Hugs,

Donna R

Re: For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

 

Even in the orthopedics ward, the noise, the lights, all the people going by are

a problem for my Mom. Although I don't know yet if LBD is the problem, she's a

light sleeper and when she is kept awake overnight, she's really confused the

next day. Fortunately she was moved to a private room recently.

To help with sleep, they were going to give her a sleeping pill. I was against

this, and in response, they've given her melatonin. Does anyone have experience

with this in confused seniors?

Our ER experience here wasn't so bad (we're in Canada). We had a room to hang

out in so we weren't out in the hall, watching everyone go by, etc. Not everyone

was so lucky.

We're into week four now since her hip surgery, and while she is sometimes

nearly herself, most of the time she isn't. I just got off the phone with her

and she's fairly agitated, wondering when she can leave (leave for the community

she lived in five years ago or longer), doesn't really realize where she is or

remember that she recently broke a hip and can't just get up and walk around.

For her, the next stop should be a 'restorative care' ward where they mostly

work on physiotherapy, getting people moving again. But with her confusion they

haven't moved her there. And it's just as well, since many of our healthcare

workers are preparing to go on strike in about two weeks if they can't settle

their differences. RNs and doctors are not affected, but all kinds of therapists

are, so she won't be getting up and walking every day if this strike happens.

Hopefully it will not. I'm disgusted that it's even possible for these people to

strike, leaving their patients lying in bed with no physio, etc., it will set

back many people.

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> > For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> > By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> > Published: April 9, 2012

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> > Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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[Guest guest]

Just my experience with melatonin, I have taken it every night for well over 15

years and so has my mom. In both our experiences, we went to sleep within 30

minutes and slept well and awoke with no ill affects. I know everyone is

different and can react different, but we, as well as other members of my

family, really like it.  I read a small book on it once called " The Miracles

of Melatonin "  and there are apparently many benefits of it, and those are the

real reasons I started using it so many years ago.

Robin Green

Loving daughter of Bobbie

Diagnosed with LB May 2008

Beavercreek, Ohio

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To: LBDcaregivers

Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:50 PM

Subject: Re: For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

 

I take melatonin with no ill effects but when we tried it with my mom

it gave her diarrhea, my brother also had this side effect so it's just

something to watch for.

Ellen

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> > > For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> > > By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> > > Published: April 9, 2012

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> > > Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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> > > http://tinyurl.com/7ovcat9

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