Re: On-again, off-again Hospice care  

Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sat, Nov 17, 2007, 5:10pm (PST+8)
From: kureforcrohns@sbcglobal.net (news.chi.sbcglobal.net)
EddyJean,
No question that what I say sounds strange.   But it is a fact.  
Have seen it over a long peiod of time. Anti-depressants absolutely
change the makeup of a person, mentally and bodily,   They don't even
have to be in each others presence, Just the mind had to be focused or
the person has to be observed for all the changes to take place.   It
is the only illness I know that the mind plays the pivotal role.   All
others have to be contracted simply by exposure, as colds, pneumonia,
etc. or they are formed bodily as diabetes, etc. (In fact, crohns can
cause diabetes, tremendous eye problems, etc. etc. etc.   No one can
be certain their loved one did not experience these strange changes in
health from other's use of anti-depressants. And to top it all, the
administrator I deal with has no concern for this. She has stated she
will never have the anti-depressants discontinued.   I have noticed
that they really do not care about the residents or workers either, for
that matter.   There is always another one waiting to come in. And I
thought she cared about my friend because she is young, and came in with
good physical and even the mental health was much better.   And she
knew her from the neighborhood, so it should be personal. I am not
saying the physical care is not good.   It is, but the
anti-depressants throw the whole situation off by causing them horrible
symptoms that would never be there.   I see there is a nurse posting,
I will say to her, she may never have noticed what I say as most places
are large, and the help does not intermingle that much on a mental
basis, so they are not in danger.   But in the home I speak of has
only 48 residents, and the front desk faces some seating where the
residents like to sit.   One nurse was getting ill, and he asked me
what was wrong.   I knew one person observing him all day was on an
anti-depressant so I told him I was sure it was her.   The following
week he said the doctor DXd crohns disease for him.   He was having a
lot of difficulty walking.   Instead of speaking up, he quit as many
others have.   It is just   too bad that the situation is so subtle
as not to be seen clearly by everyone, (not even the resident doctor).
The nurse is suing her (I heard from a friend he made in the home) for
several things including crohns disease.   I am sure he is getting
nowhere, and his friend left also.   I don't know what the solution
is, what the big gain is from anti-depressants that when they didn't
have them years ago, everyone got along well with sedatives, if needed.
    No one needs to die prematurely and suffer too, the desk workers
have the option of leaving, as many do, Some are just detached enough
not to be affected. Well, I say this over and over, to no avail, and my
heart is broken every moment of the day and night. Gail

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Gail:
There are many things man doesn't understand and should be studied. As
the people's needs are ignored, government prefers to spend
billions/trillions on war and outerspace. Those cute little "Rovers",
constructed mostly from gold and seen on TV, may be traveling to the
Death Valley Desert instead of Mars for all we know. If that's the case,
who's pocketing the money?

Those with memory loss or speak a foreign language only, are especially
at risk in a nursing home. It's as bad today as it was 15-20 years ago.
Nothin's changed!  The question is: why is nothing done? Surely,
somewhere, there's a motive behind it, does it involve Social Security?
The more elderly that die, the less Social Security pays out.  Many pay
into Social Security all of their working lives but don't collect a
penny if dead before age 62.  Many illegals who come here to work, pay
taxes and Social Security before returning to their home country, who
gets their Social Security benefis? Does their benefits remain in the
fund or is someone pocketing this money? I'm not aware if Social
Security has been audited and the results published. If not, it sure
should be.

EddyJean