We are enjoying our newfound leisure to no end!   Still running around with
a lot of paperwork and getting all the bases covered, but it feels like a
vacation after what life has been like around here for a long time.
I called the NH today a couple of times and it seems that all is ...

Dear Friends,
We are still waiting for the pharmacy to call & say the namenda is in.
I plan on talking to the pharmacist tomorrow to make sure it's been
requested & that somebody didn't hit the wrong computer key.

I have just been called by my mother's day care.  They were all upset
because my mother told them that she walked to the store and got lost and a
stranger gave her a ride home.
They told me that I was not taking proper care of her because I let her go

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We dropped Ida off at noon today at the local nursing home.  The place is
very nice, clean and spacious and apparently very well run.   We talked to
social worker, ward nurse/director, admissions person, activities directors,
dietician, and so many people I can't remember them all.

I just want to let those of you who remember Catharine: she died at 10:00 PM
last night, Hawai'i time. Her sister was with her. Her mom, I believe, is in
Texas now.
Mary K

As Ida is innocently sitting and eating her breakfast, I am growing more
nervous and feeling more like a rat.  Poor thing hasn't a clue and I am not
going to upset her by giving her one.
This is going to be VERY hard to do.   I hope I don't cry.

Ida has been accepted in a local nursing home for Monday.   I just got the
call a few minutes ago.
This is an absolutely gorgeous place, quite new, big spacious rooms, and
only about 7 miles from my house.   Ida will have the bed by the window in a

I've been hanging around this group for a few years, listening and
occasionally asking for advice about my father-in-law.  You all have
been wonderful.  So, I just thought I'd let you know that my FIL died
last week.

Today we took Ida to the doctor to get the physical that the nursing home
application requires.   They were all ASTONISHED at how she has declined.
The doctor and his staff all complimented us for having stuck it out so long
as we have.   Three years, it has been!

Any good suggestiong on how to do this effectively?

I have lurked here off and on for quite a long time so thought I better
introduce myself.
I am in Australia, just North of Sydney and my MIL has AD (middle stage I
believe). I originally came to this ng to get info on any new treatments

Tom, I'm with you. When my Mom had the faculties to remember where she
lived, and remembered how she got home, then she was able to go where
she wanted. It's only when she couldn't remember who we were or where
she was that we kept her with one of us. She still could go outside

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