Hello Everyone!!
Here are the results of the meeting last night, at some point I kind of stopped taking notes because there were too many conversations going at once, but I think I got the gist.
Background-
Last Thursday 2/2/12 there was a meeting with the staff of Stonebridge
and Michele, David & Michael regarding Grandma's care and next
steps. Essentially the physical therapist is in charge of determining
her progress. As long as her progress is positive she will stay until
she gets to her optimum level of ability, at which time a decision as to
where she goes from there needs to be made. If she levels out or
if her progress begins to decline, she will need to leave, at which time
a deision needs to be made as to where she goes from there. They are
anticipating
within 2 weeks, being able to determine what to expect from her and be
able to make a decision about her future. We are currently beginning the
2nd week. David is pretty sure that she is aware she will not be coming
home and sleeping in the recliner, using the toilet in the living room
and relying on family care as the primary source. He has had this
conversation with her on at least 3 different occasions.
Much time was spent convincing David to get a new phone, he will be going to get a new phone ASAP.
Next
Item: Grandma's Schedule vs. Family Availability. There is a need to
streamline when people will be up there, and a way to coordinate our
schedules, so that there are not large groups at one time (unless they
want to be there) and everyone can have a sense of who is where when...
Ken, Kelly & Kitt are researching blogs and schedule websites that
we can use to help streamline this
process
Grandma's really needs someone with her
at each meal time, to help motivate her to eat. ***If you are unable or
don't want to do the date and time that you signed up for, contact
David.
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Dinner: 5:00 PM
David wants to do morning breakfasts
Sun 2/5/12
B: David
L: Kitt
D: Sherry (if available)
Mon 2/6/12
B: David
L: Kelly
D: Rachel
Tues 2/7/12
B: David
L: Open (anyone interested?)
D: Kitt
Weds 2/8/12
B: David
L: Mike
D: Open (anyone interested?)
Thursday 2/9/12
B: David
L: Anthony
D: Open (anyone interested?)
Friday
2/10/12
B: David
L: Open (anyone interested?)
D: Open (anyone interested?)
Saturday 2/11/12
B: David
L: Estherlene & Mike
D: Kitt
Sunday 2/12/12
B: David
L: Michele
D: Sherry (if available)
Monday 2/13/12
B: David
L: Kelly
D: Open (anyone interested?)
Another
suggestion was the offer of cooking food either for Grandma, for David
and Danny, or for anyone in the family who might need it... It was
decided to drop off dishes to the main house and coordinate that with
David... suggestions for food were: Soups or casseroles that can be
frozen.
People willing to cook:
Esterlene & Mike
Anna &
Anthony
Kitt
Robert
Next
item: how to keep Richard & his family in the loop. It was suggested
by Ken and Kelly to develop a family blog that is private, and that we
can all update and use to communicate. Kelly & Ken are researching
options.
Finally, it was decided that a smaller
meeting of David, Michael and Michele, would meet at 2 pm on Monday to
discuss the financial aspects of grandma's estate, and to organize how
to get information regarding nursing homes, vs. group homes, and also
what resources Hospice Care offers.
Please feel free to add any information that you would like to share, I'm sure I missed some stuff.
Good Meeting guys! :-)
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