Re: OT--Our Elder Care System Sux

From: Advocate147 (advocate147_at_aol.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 14:54:23 GMT

Vaughn,

Your friend does not need to be a patient necesessarily. There are places
that have accomodations for both mobile and able to function and closeby
facility or in the same building for those that need care around the clock.
The former is better if he is still able to know where he is at and will not
wander.
Who does the cooking. I think meals are served at both facilities.
They can be transferred to the full care facility when the need is there.
I have become very wary of nursing homes, where the doctor becomes almost the
total boss for care and he really doesn't know the resident that well. (Only a
casual glance at the chart and person and then a full determination of what the
person needs.
Much is overlooked on the needs of the person, if they are not obvious to the
doctor, therefore ideally, a person that knows him well should monitor most of
the care.
Can he afford a private room at a nursing home. As you know, I fear the
anti-depressants so many residents of nursing homes are put on, as they do
affect the others not on them. It can affect their mental or physical
condition and not for the better. The results are so insidious that no one
would suspect any cause but the natural one of declining.
If he still has good mental abilities, he may socialize with some others, and
that is what causes the problem if they are on anti-depressants. If he has
not, still the environment of anti-depressants is not a good one. Therefore
the private room at least gives some escape.
I know this is an unusual and I hope unlikely scenario for your friend, and no
doctor or aide will believe it. But I see it now and always have feared it.
Take this post for what it is worth, even if you think it is worth nothing, be
aware of it.
Sometimes a live in person is the best solution, but that isn't financially
sound for most people.
Hope you can find a good solution. I have noted that some people leave the
nursing home after a short while to go home and not because they were there
temporarily.
They just don't want to be there. Others do well if their roommates are easy
going and not on anti-depressants.
Gail

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