Nothing is Easy

Yesterday was like an emotional rollercoaster where every dip just fed our stress levels. Each day it seems you wake up and think "this should be a quiet or normal day" -- well, that always ends up being a fleeting thought.

Yesterday started by Sister receiving forms from the rehab -- requiring signature -- stating that Mom's nursing and therapy end on the 17th. Attached was the written assessment from the clinical psychologist. This assessment confirmed that Mom has "senile dementia" and definitely needs to be moved to a memory support facility AND she has severe depression. We won't go into the whole fiasco regarding the antidepressant medication we were told she began January 16th! Bless her heart! The assessment did make me cry when I read that Mom told the clinical psych FOUR times that she "doesn't want to be a burden to her daughters -- doesn't want to mess up their jobs". BLESS HER HEART!

So, we begin panic about getting things resolved at TNF. Now the woman working on that end has been FABULOUS! We owe her so much as I think she spent most all of her week working on Mom's stuff! She worked so hard -- financial approval, physical for Mom, lining up their nurses to assess Mom, etc.

So, we received word from TNF, that we were approved financially. Now their nurses were reviewing all the documentation from the rehab on Mom.

Well, guess what the doctor at the rehab checked the "NO" box to the question of whether the patient has significant cognitive impairment! Well that clearly goes against the clinical psychologists assessment. Then the doctor left one of the last questions blank. The form has to be correct! We learned this about 3pm Friday!! Now, we have been advised that Mom must move out by 11am on Wednesday, other wise we must provide $13,000 -- even if just for a day or so extra!! I kid you not! So, I naturally shot the administrator an email about the errors on the form and advised that if these errors caused a delay, we would not be paying for it! Arggh!!

So, we had to contact the rehab who had to locate the doctor and it get it corrected! Wonder how many folks' healthcare or medications were impacted by errors made on forms?

It got corrected and TNF's nurses will be chatting with Mom for their personal assessment Monday morning at 8:30. HOPEFULLY, this will complete the process except for the logistics of the move.

We're working on planning that now -- what she'll need from the house, what we have to get from rehab, when to move stuff, etc.

I'm heading to the coast Monday for a week or more, depending on the 'transfer trauma'. Goal is to get this move done, get Mom feeling comfortable at the new apartment and then try to enjoy some vacation time with Mom.

To be Continued...................I'll update when I can but not sure about wireless access availability.