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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 339930" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Terry, I've worked in LTC facilities & nursing homes. I think you cousin should be told only what she needs to know given her other issues. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Make your cousins space as homey as you can; lots & lots of pictures from her life & her loved ones. Plants (if allowed), her favorite candies, etc. At her age she should be allowed what she wants - period.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">With all the broken bones I hate the pain medication thing that's going on....dependent or not, this woman is in pain. Prescribe methadone or something of that nature. A patch with continual relief. AND this is my personal opinion.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">In the meantime, does you cousin enjoy jigsaw puzzles? Will she play a game of cards? Anything to get her mind off her pain a bit & have some fun. Does this home have activities & has an Occupational Therapist (OT) been in to evaluate her? How about PT? Especially PT with her propensity to fall.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Just some thoughts for you to consider. I know this is a lot for you to take on with your difficult child. We are the generation who needs to care for our kids plus our parents (elderly relatives).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">by the way, who is your cousins power of attorney? She should have one for both legal & medical issues.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Keep us updated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 339930, member: 393"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Terry, I've worked in LTC facilities & nursing homes. I think you cousin should be told only what she needs to know given her other issues. Make your cousins space as homey as you can; lots & lots of pictures from her life & her loved ones. Plants (if allowed), her favorite candies, etc. At her age she should be allowed what she wants - period. With all the broken bones I hate the pain medication thing that's going on....dependent or not, this woman is in pain. Prescribe methadone or something of that nature. A patch with continual relief. AND this is my personal opinion. In the meantime, does you cousin enjoy jigsaw puzzles? Will she play a game of cards? Anything to get her mind off her pain a bit & have some fun. Does this home have activities & has an Occupational Therapist (OT) been in to evaluate her? How about PT? Especially PT with her propensity to fall. Just some thoughts for you to consider. I know this is a lot for you to take on with your difficult child. We are the generation who needs to care for our kids plus our parents (elderly relatives). by the way, who is your cousins power of attorney? She should have one for both legal & medical issues. Keep us updated. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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