We visited Mom again today. It's now been 2 weeks since she was last released from the hospital. For that 2 weeks she's had the one-on-one caregiver 10 hours a day to try to get her to eat and drink more. The nursing supervisor at Silverado (the Alzheimer's home) says (a) Mom's condition has not changed much over the past 2 weeks, maybe a slight improvement; and (b) the one-on-one is maybe doing a little good but not much. That's about the impression we get, too.
Today she was a little less tired / more alert than last week. I'm not sure that was an improvement from her point of view, as she seemed kind of distressed, saying things like "I need to get out of here" several times.
She goes to her GP on Monday, so we'll see what he has to say. The issues at this point are whether it is time to get her into hospice care, and how much longer to continue the one-on-one caregive (at $210 per day in addition to her normal fees at the home). Still waiting and seeing....
Karen
Today she was a little less tired / more alert than last week. I'm not sure that was an improvement from her point of view, as she seemed kind of distressed, saying things like "I need to get out of here" several times.
She goes to her GP on Monday, so we'll see what he has to say. The issues at this point are whether it is time to get her into hospice care, and how much longer to continue the one-on-one caregive (at $210 per day in addition to her normal fees at the home). Still waiting and seeing....
Karen