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Judith It happens and it shouldn't Afew yrs agoI had a phone call from a support group member who had entered a LTC facility to let his wife have treatment or whatever. Policy was to medicate every 4 hours. Policy ruled He was on a 2 hour schedule set by the Neurologist at a movement disorder clinic because sinemet lasted just over 2hours. So the poor guy was spending half his time drugged and half his time stiff as a board. He called me in a dreadfull state because no one would listen, all he got was "there there dear, doctor knows best" I called the clinic coordinator and although it was tricky // questioning another doctors treatment // it did get sorted out. But it is scarey and thats where I might end up !! Anne Rutherford On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, judith richards wrote: > A snippet from an e-mail from my daughter... > <snip> > So do you have your meds straightened out after feeling so ill? One of > the guys at work was asking about you when I delivered his bulbs. His > dad had Parkinsons and was like you in that he could adjust his meds to > where they worked for him and his physician let him. When he had to go > into a nursing home, they wouldn't let him keep his family physician. > The home insisted that he take meds on their schedule and he got really > disabled by symptoms. He had a stroke and died very shortly after > moving into the nursing home and the family has since been able to bring > about some serious changes to the rules in longterm care facilities in > this area. > > Must get to work! > Love, Lisa > ~~~~ > Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada > [log in to unmask] > ^^^^ > \ / > \ | / Today’s Research > \\ | // ...Tomorrow’s Cure > \ | / > \|/ > ````` >