3:00 PM – I just got off the phone with the social worker at the neuro psych hospital and she said that Mom is doing well, a little sad at times and thinks that her family dropped her off there because they didn’t want anything to do with her anymore and just wanted her property. Then she asked me who Veronica was. I had to laugh as I explained that I didn’t know who she was, but that there is a Victoria (her grand daughter) and Faye Carol (her sister) that all try to take Mom’s car and wreck it. But other than that, she’s doing well. The social worker (Lynn,) had gone to look at Mom’s charts for a few minutes in between phone calls and she said that Mom was sitting with another lady doing a puzzle and that they were laughing and hugging.
I guess the diagnosis hasn’t been typed up yet, but she said that it sounds like they are going to be saying dementia with behavioral disturbance. They currently have her on Risperdal at 2.5 mg in the morning and .5 mg in the evening. We have a conference call on Thursday at 1:00, so I should know a little more then.
She has a tentative discharge date of April 3rd. She asked if I was looking for placement or if I just wanted to bring her home. I told her that it really depended on recommendations for what type of care she needs. I told her most likely placement because I think she’s going to need care that I just can’t provide, such as 24/7 supervision. With warmer weather coming up, I think it’s not a matter of if, but when she starts wandering. The possibilities of her getting lost or even hit by a car while crossing the street are very real, so I need to take her safety into consideration. She agreed with that wholeheartedly. I also suggested that her being in a setting where she’s around other REAL people to where she has more of a social surrounding might also be really beneficial. I guess I’m just feeling that keeping her here is seeming more selfish to me than having her where she’s going to get the kind of care she really needs. I’ll post more after the conference call Thursday.