Weekly Thursday Notes

Alison is very sad and says she wants to die. She asks for everything to be done for her even when she can do it herself. I have her do what she can and remind her she cannot act hopeless. I massaged all of Alison limbs and stretched them. And then we worked on her moving them herself, though with limited range of motion. I reminded her that she cannot act helpless. She needs to take control of the movement that she can do. She needs to take responsibility for her own recovery and love herself as much as we do her. Please can we talk with Caring Companions and ask them to have Rolina to massage and stretch Alison’s limbs? Alison wants to leave the facility. She is claiming that one staff, Pam, hits her in the head. I said I though it is might just a jovial app. Allison says no it is not. By the way, when I said that she was “smart as a tack”, Alison corrected me and said, “Sharp as a tack, smart as a whip”. She is with it!

Anita has come back for another visit. She brought socks. Merry pat came Tuesday. Merry pat will try and go to the neurology appointment on May 27 (9am @ MD General Hospital Dr Chambers). The facility will also send staff with Alison's medical history. As FYI, Mary Pat is leaving Baltimore to move to Massachusetts in August. Alison asked if Phil would come for a visit; please pass it on.

The facility is in the middle of an internal audit. Per regulations, they are going to reconfigure all beds so that they come outwards from the wall, allowing access to the patients from both sides. There also redoing all of the medicine dispensary cabinets and throwing out dated materials. I don't think it will change level of staffing care.