I have decided that I will probably do her wash myself, and also only bring
a minimum of clothing with us to the NH.   I also found an online source and
ordered a hundred labels by express mail.   I am not going to stress out too
much about the clothing disappearing, but I can tell ...

We have an appointment tomorrow at 11 AM with the nursing home admitting
dept.
Prepaid funeral arrangements in process
Medicaid application pending

I seem to recall reading a long time back, possibly in this group, something
about Medicare covering pedicures, or toenail trimming, at periodic
intervals for Medicare patients who have trouble doing it themselves.  Does
anyone know about this?

Thank you so much for the web sites, they are useful! Now, if only Mom
would cooperate!
Nightmares all last night, Mom was screaming for help in her sleep,
would wake herself (and me) and was really anxious and frightened all

We'd appreciate your prayers.
Love to all of you,
Evelyn
(to reply to me personally, remove 'sox")

Hi everybody, I just found this newsgroup today, and just wanted to say
"Hi!"
My Mom has Alzheimer's, had it for about 4 years now. And reading your
messages, I agree with Evelyn, a good elder care lawyer is worth his

Hi, gang.
I promised I would report back from my attorney's visit today on whether
children are financially responsible for parents in SC. They are not.
(Whew!)

My mother (84 years old) and I share a house.  She's been quite active and
functional in recent years, but lately some things have caught my attention and
I guess I've got reason to worry.  Her mother had Alzheimer's, but became
symptomatic in her mid-seventies, dying at the age of ...

Miss all you guys.
Ida is nearly a week on her antibiotic for her UTI.  She had no symptoms and
so I can't tell if she is feeling any better.   She says nothing hurts her,
but she also said that before.

It´s because of these damned nuclear tests and the nuclear power
plants.Nobody had alzheimer 100 years ago, these damned radioactive
heavy metals are much more toxic than lead.
I think we should shoot all the radiactive sh.t to the moon or to

We are trying to get Ida into a nursing home, as you all know.
First of all there are tons of paperwork involved and we have done our best
with it.
The big issue is that when we took her to the doctor for the medical exam

Hello.  My Mom was diagnosed with seere dementia a year ago.  I live in
another state, but my brother has lived on their place since 1996 just
before my Dad passed away.  
I kept getting calls from adult prtective services, people concerned

Signs That You are Burnt Out
You're so tired you now answer the phone, "Hell."
Your friends call to ask how you've been,
and you immediately scream, "Get off my back,

Dear Friends,
John's appointment was Tuesday---he was very cooperative about
going----I gave the nurse all of my print outs about memantine
(nameda) & asked that the doctor scan them before seeing John---I had