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Camilla, Can he go home? Can you qualify for homecare workers to come in and give you some rest? I am so grateful to be home-- and have gained back the 27 pounds I had lost this past winter. I am hoping to continue to be well. I had some terrifying moments when psychiatrists tried to hospitalize me in a psych ward, after I refused to take Seroquel... Three of them grilled me (interviewed me ) simultaneously- it was awful. I only can pray for both of you, that Peter does not lose his mind in the hospital. Ivan :-) On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:29:14 -0400 Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Dear Peg and friends---I really appreciate your sharing your > experience , > and it has been helpful to me, I hope to others also. Maybe Jeff > will add > it to the CARE website? > > Today we hit bottom---and I thought of you and Harry even more. When > I got > to Westover at 8:45 AM today, Peter was having a complete paranoid > episode, > and we ended up with his insisting he would not go back to his > room, > everyone was evil, food was poisoned, the whole thing---he insisted > they > call the police, even though we told him they would take him to the > hospital. No one could make any headway with him, and by then of > course I > was one of the bad guys too,because I wouldn't take him home ! At > the > nearest hospital ER they followed the instruction of the Westover > staff > psychiatrist, who luckily had seen him a few days earlier, and > arranged to > transfer him to Cincinnati (an hour away) where one hospital has a > supposedly fine Geriatric Psych unit. They had to give him a shot > of > Ativan to quiet him, but even then he wouldn't take his meds. The > social > worker from the psych unit spoke to me by phone, and seemed very > understanding and competent. He will be Peter's worker. He told me > to go > home and rest, and come down for visiting hours in the morning, > bringing > some clothes. etc. Our son-in-law's mother is visiting them and > will > drive down with me tomorrow, as both daughters have to work. The > hope is > to get meds adjusted so he will be willing and able to return to > Westover. > We knew the changes would be very hard due to his dementia, but saw > no > alternative. The problems with meds--timeliness and his refusal of > them at > times-- have added the final layer of stress. Yes, there were some > good > days, pleasant visits, but increasingly he was begging to come home. > He > has of course forgotten now that going there was his own > idea----I'll try > to keep friends updated as we go along. Thanks to all for your > loving > concern, prayers, and suggestions. > > > > > >---------------------- Information from the mail header > >----------------------- > >Sender: "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)" > > <[log in to unmask]> > >Poster: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: Adjustments > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- > > >Camilla, > > > >Decided to send this to the list in case our discussion could help > others > >faced with placing their loved ones. > > SNIPPED > > > Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> > > > on the web at http://www.geocities.com/camillahf/index.html > > **** **** **** **** **** **** **** > **** > "... Meet people where they are now, > not where you hoped they might be........" > --Christine Greenland > **** **** **** **** **** **** **** > **** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 51/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn