tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584775187659012265.post220505354450545932..comments2020-11-12T16:00:20.137-08:00Comments on Caregiver Relief: Alzeimer's Secret #4: You Are Being Over ChargedDonahue Vanderhiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18313615846548364647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584775187659012265.post-29276802255903092152010-10-27T00:16:46.819-07:002010-10-27T00:16:46.819-07:00This will definitely help the people in care givin...This will definitely help the people in care giving profession understand and adjust to their patients. Caregivers should be knowledgeable and skillful too.caregiver Atlantahttp://www.easylivingservices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584775187659012265.post-34348157493122635512010-10-17T20:12:06.296-07:002010-10-17T20:12:06.296-07:00One of my desperate caregiver moments was the time...One of my desperate caregiver moments was the time that the hospital insisted on sending my dad to a rehab/nursing home after discharge when he could have received the same care, delivered better by people he knew, back home at the assisted living residence. <br /><br />The hospital social worker went so far as to lie to the assisted living director who was questioning this placement by telling her that he needed to be released with an IV--when in fact he was not. This placement, done on a Friday at 5 PM on a holiday weekend, was one of our great failures in advocating for my dad. <br /><br />It took us a full week of standing up to bullies disguised as rehab caregivers to get him released. His recovery was set back many weeks by this experience.<br /><br />We write about this and other caregiving experiences at www.desperatecaregivers.com<br /><br />Carol<br />Inside Aging Parent CareDespr8caregiverhttp://www.desperatecaregivers.comnoreply@blogger.com