Thurs 5/9/2013: Andrew came through with contact info:
Gary W Peters
P.O. Box 2782
Guerneville, CA 95406
707-529-7997
garypeters@comcast.net
bryanthatch@comcast.net
Elaina Serrotte
415-743-1010
Spoke to Bryant Hatch who works for Gary Peters. He recommended that write Gary to request executed copy of trust, will, POAs, etc. I sent that yesterday (Th 5/9).
Update Mon 6/3: Mom's Kaiser doctor is Dr. Antonucci: 707-393-4044
Contact info
Mom's phone number in SNF: 707-579-6982
SNF health care center: 707-579-6982
Kris Hermanson, Administrator: 707-579-6954
Renee Hayward, rhayward@jtm-esc.org, 707-579-6971
Sela Nissenbaum, snissenbaum@jtm-esc.org
Dr Antenucci, Kaiser: 707-393-4168
Dr Antenucci, fax: 707-393-4234
Spring Lake Village:
5555 Montgomery Drive
Santa Rosa, Ca
707-538-8400
Friday, May 10, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Phone call from Diedre Tue May 7
Diedre called last night to say that Mom had come to the outpatient department complaining of rapid hearbeat, diagnosed as atrial fibrilation. Got her to Kaiser, doctor examined her, changed her meds, enrolling her in class about atrial fibrilation.
From Wikipedia:
From Wikipedia:
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). It may cause no symptoms, but it is often associated with palpitations, fainting,chest pain, or congestive heart failure. However, in some people atrial fibrillation is caused by otherwise idiopathic or benign conditions.AF increases the risk of stroke; the degree of stroke risk can be up to seven times that of the average population, depending on the presence of additional risk factors (such ashigh blood pressure). It may be identified clinically when taking a pulse, and the presence of AF can be confirmed with an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) which demonstrates the absence of P waves together with an irregular ventricular rate.
May 3 - May 6, 2013 -- My visit to Spring Lake Village
May 3 - May 6, 2013. Visited my Mom out in Santa Rosa at Spring Lake Village. Flew out Fri May 3 via SLC to Oakland, rented a cool little Fiat, and drove 75 miles.
My Mom's place is a mess. She has a little studio apartment, but it's actually pretty spacious and she used to have all her shelves and drawers neatly arranged. Now there are clothes everywhere: on the bed, over the back and seats of the coach, on all the chairs, etc. There are boxes on the floor, much of the contents of the closets are out on the floor, etc.
Mom pretty much blames everyone else for the state of things. Apparently a woman named Celeste came over to help her organize. Celeste folded and put away all of Mom's clothes, but Mom feels that they were put away dirty, arranged by color rather than how my Mom arranges them, etc. My Mom has these long, complicated explanations of how she is going to gradually work through them all, washing them and folding them and putting them away. But it's clear that she cannot really handle living like this.
Food is a problem; my Mom likes to bring bits of food back from the dining hall in case she gets hungry at night or whatever. So there are cups, spoons, odd pieces of bread etc. around.
She's tottery.
Mom doesn't want to know any details -- she can't find a phone number, doesn't know where her money is, etc. The simplest things are a problem because every detail can potentially stop Mom -- she can't find her underwear, her socks, her pants, her shirt, her jacket, her scarf, her purse, keys, shoes, etc. This frustrates and exhausts her. Oh boy.
My Mom's place is a mess. She has a little studio apartment, but it's actually pretty spacious and she used to have all her shelves and drawers neatly arranged. Now there are clothes everywhere: on the bed, over the back and seats of the coach, on all the chairs, etc. There are boxes on the floor, much of the contents of the closets are out on the floor, etc.
Mom pretty much blames everyone else for the state of things. Apparently a woman named Celeste came over to help her organize. Celeste folded and put away all of Mom's clothes, but Mom feels that they were put away dirty, arranged by color rather than how my Mom arranges them, etc. My Mom has these long, complicated explanations of how she is going to gradually work through them all, washing them and folding them and putting them away. But it's clear that she cannot really handle living like this.
Food is a problem; my Mom likes to bring bits of food back from the dining hall in case she gets hungry at night or whatever. So there are cups, spoons, odd pieces of bread etc. around.
She's tottery.
Mom doesn't want to know any details -- she can't find a phone number, doesn't know where her money is, etc. The simplest things are a problem because every detail can potentially stop Mom -- she can't find her underwear, her socks, her pants, her shirt, her jacket, her scarf, her purse, keys, shoes, etc. This frustrates and exhausts her. Oh boy.
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