March 26, 2020

1:20 PM – I just got off the phone a few minutes ago with the social worker at the hospital Mom is at. For the most part, Mom is doing okay. Apparently she was found in her room this morning cowering behind a chair. I guess she had freaked out because she didn’t know where she was (I let Lynn know that I have found her like that one other time when she swore that there were pythons all over the place not that long ago.) Other than that, she has been very pleasant and has not been aggressive, which is something that will help with placement in a nursing home.

She has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s Dementia with delusional behavior by both their psychiatrist and psychologist, which doesn’t surprise me since it seemed to me that the symptoms seemed to match from the reading I’ve done in the past. She was also given a Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and scored a 10 out of 30 points. The score represents a severe cognitive impairment. This basically means that she is going to need to be placed into a long-term memory care unit since I won’t be able to give her the care/supervision that she needs. They are hoping that the medication will help her, though. Hopefully it helps with the delusions somewhat so that she’s not scared of things that aren’t there.

As of right now, discharges are on hold and nursing homes are really limiting admissions due to the corona virus, so she will be staying there until this blows over. I’m still hoping they can place her at Miller’s in Warsaw so she will be close by.

Since I took this week off for vacation to wash all of Mom’s clothes, or most of them anyway, it has also given me a chance to go through a few things and throw out junk mail/magazines etc that’s been piled up around the house. I’ve almost got the recycling tote filled up already. It was just dumped Monday morning and won’t be dumped again until April 6th and I’ve barely made a dent. I’ve also filled a couple of garbage bags full of junk, but at least that can be dumped again this coming Monday morning. But, I’m almost done with the clothes! I’ve got 4-5 more loads to do and it’s done!

Lynn (the social worker there) will be calling once a week to give me updates, so I will post here next week after I hear from her. Till then, stay safe, stay well!

2 thoughts on “March 26, 2020”

  1. Thanks for posting. (I have been wondering what they said.) Pretty much what I thought they would say. Glad you have some time to get things around the house done. So your company has not closed down. You are an essential business??
    We have been hunkered down. Enjoyed walking outside today and then doing some yard cleanup. But the rain put us back inside.
    You stay well and safe. 😊

    1. So far it looks like it’s still business as usual at work. I’ve seen posts from coworkers wondering how catalogs could be considered essential. I just read that we have a confirmed case in our county now and it may be someone from Warsaw, so it’s hitting close to home now. Hopefully work shuts down before I have to go back Sunday night. At least I don’t have to go to the stores for anything for about 2 weeks yet.

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