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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gg cox who wrote (41502)	3/19/2017 9:21:27 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I did. It was cute and foolish. We have millions living with severe dementia in locked units. Screaming 24/7. We just warehouse them. No where near enough help to make these sick peoples life livable. If you think this is kind go visit, you will change your mind. I got a call one morning from Newton Wellesley Hospital. They told me my mother had fallen and was not co-operating with them. She would not take a shower. They were going to ship her to a locked Alzheimer unit. I said hold on , I would be right there. When i got there my mother had no idea of where she was or who all of these people were. I said I was taking her home. They told me that was not going to happen. I went to her and picked her up and started walking out. They told me to put her down and leave. I said "who is going to make me"? A few nurses and doctors got in front of me and I told them to get the fuck out of my way. It took them about 5 seconds to realize I was deadly serious. I am sure it helped that I was 220 lbs of muscle. I took her home and as soon as we got in my mother said "I have to take a shower." My sister and I hired 3 Jamaican women who I had met at my mother in law nursing home to take care of her 24/7. She lived another 3 years not knowing who she was or who I was. She would ask Are you my husband? Are you my father? I am crying like a baby writing this. One of the proudest moments of my life. There is no dignity in warehousing dementia patients. I would rather have my legs cut off them dementia. In the early stages of dementia in the morning there is some clarity, Have a plan in place to make sure you do not end up in a warehouse. Leaving it up to people who do not give a damn is not an option for me. alz.org