Caregivers and Stress

Kelt · 03-23-2015, 08:48 PM

My folks have Medicare parts A and B, also D for prescriptions which are handled mail order by their medi-gap policy which is through Aetna.

I did just look up through the NAGCM to find Geriatric Care managers and they are all over 100 miles away, on the 'city' side of the mountains. I actually have a copy of a directory called innovAGING put together by one of these corps that run nursing homes (and I imagine many other related 'services') there is a lot of advertising but also some good numbers to chase. The company is Hyatt and they run two of the four nursing homes in the area including the one he is in. Anyone know them? Thumbs up or down?

Right now I'm in a little bit of hurry up and wait. I am booking appts for viewings at places for my mother and we will go to those on the next trip. There is only one 'campus' style CCCR in the area and we have been to it. She likes it a lot and so do I. It would have the advantage of letting her progress in one place, but it doesn't specialize in memory. This is the hard part, showing her things that she could get her heart set on and then maybe having to take it off the table later. I will slant things a bit toward memory places for the next visit.

Now that I've been to all four nursing home options I'm putting together an assessment to go over with my father. They have their pluses and minuses but are largely similar. I know he thinks there must be something nicer and cosmetically there is one that is newer, but the place I have him has a very good staff (others probably do too) and awards for their therapy. All of them allow us to fix up his room any way we want and I will ensure that where ever he is settled for 'long-term' will be nicer in terms of having his own things around him. I haven't gotten into that yet until I can make a determination if he will stay in this place or go to another.

Today was easy, only two urgent calls from the nursing home, one about a wheelchair and one about glasses. My mother of course involved in both. The social worker is being great about giving me a heads up so that I can jump in when needed. I can't get the last form I need for my own taxes, I fired the lawn guy, also known as landlord (that was tricky) and interviewed two new services for here. Tomorrow is a Dr consult for a surgery that looks like I won't be able to have recovery time for so I guess it's a good thing I don't have to have it immediately, and I'm working on the property title for the folks house. I got this.

03-23-2015, 08:48 PM	#11
Kelt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Beach Butch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,751 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,765 Thanked 15,289 Times in 2,539 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	My folks have Medicare parts A and B, also D for prescriptions which are handled mail order by their medi-gap policy which is through Aetna. I did just look up through the NAGCM to find Geriatric Care managers and they are all over 100 miles away, on the 'city' side of the mountains. I actually have a copy of a directory called innovAGING put together by one of these corps that run nursing homes (and I imagine many other related 'services') there is a lot of advertising but also some good numbers to chase. The company is Hyatt and they run two of the four nursing homes in the area including the one he is in. Anyone know them? Thumbs up or down? Right now I'm in a little bit of hurry up and wait. I am booking appts for viewings at places for my mother and we will go to those on the next trip. There is only one 'campus' style CCCR in the area and we have been to it. She likes it a lot and so do I. It would have the advantage of letting her progress in one place, but it doesn't specialize in memory. This is the hard part, showing her things that she could get her heart set on and then maybe having to take it off the table later. I will slant things a bit toward memory places for the next visit. Now that I've been to all four nursing home options I'm putting together an assessment to go over with my father. They have their pluses and minuses but are largely similar. I know he thinks there must be something nicer and cosmetically there is one that is newer, but the place I have him has a very good staff (others probably do too) and awards for their therapy. All of them allow us to fix up his room any way we want and I will ensure that where ever he is settled for 'long-term' will be nicer in terms of having his own things around him. I haven't gotten into that yet until I can make a determination if he will stay in this place or go to another. Today was easy, only two urgent calls from the nursing home, one about a wheelchair and one about glasses. My mother of course involved in both. The social worker is being great about giving me a heads up so that I can jump in when needed. I can't get the last form I need for my own taxes, I fired the lawn guy, also known as landlord (that was tricky) and interviewed two new services for here. Tomorrow is a Dr consult for a surgery that looks like I won't be able to have recovery time for so I guess it's a good thing I don't have to have it immediately, and I'm working on the property title for the folks house. I got this.