[manaboutown]

What astonishes me is the apparent lack of social contact for a week or however long they were deceased. Members of my extended family text each other good mornings. If one does not respond we follow up with a phone call or other means.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Caymus

I don't know how pacemaker monitoring works, but a report claims his last "ping" was more than a week ago.

Medical devices have capabilities for changes to be made remotely. Constant monitoring isn’t used, but the actual device information can be seen at any time by the company that handles the device. Pacers, Cpap, the list goes on.

The patient can notify their provider, who evaluates if the device is working properly, and if changes need to be made to the device. Then can implement the change immediately, and patient is notified of the change.

If there is further need the provider will continue is get feedback from the patient. Rarely does a pacer ever need to be brought in house, unless the device is found to be defective, not responding to remote communication, or the battery is dying.

In this case the pacer exact last event can be determined by the facility access into the account. The only reason a pacer could be deactivated, is by a specialized medical magnet.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Medical devices have capabilities for changes to be made remotely. Constant monitoring isn’t used, but the actual device information can be seen at any time by the company that handles the device. Pacers, Cpap, the list goes on.

The patient can notify their provider, who evaluates if the device is working properly, and if changes need to be made to the device. Then can implement the change immediately, and patient is notified of the change.

If there is further need the provider will continue is get feedback from the patient. Rarely does a pacer ever need to be brought in house, unless the device is found to be defective, not responding to remote communication, or the battery is dying.

In this case the pacer exact last event can be determined by the facility access into the account. The only reason a pacer could be deactivated, is by a specialized medical magnet.

So, nobody from a doctor's office would try to contact them?

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Caymus

So, nobody from a doctor's office would try to contact them?

Does your physicians contact you daily, weekly, monthly, to check on you?

Reread the post, Device is not monitored continuously, but if the patient, physician, medical facility contacts the monitoring facility change can be made.

The only time one has continuously monitored devices is in medical facilities, or a in home halter monitor system that has to be returned for results,

Rich, famous or the guy down the street doesn’t have in home continuously live monitoring.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

What astonishes me is the apparent lack of social contact for a week or however long they were deceased. Members of my extended family text each other good mornings. If one does not respond we follow up with a phone call or other means.

Sometimes one just chooses to slow contact with family or the outside world. When my father was diagnosed with kidney failure, there was an in-depth conversation with our nephrologist, myself both parents.
No matter how the physician and myself explained dialysis was the only option, my mother refused his treatment, and my father agreed. I stopped daily, my father was very happy to see me, my mother would say, you don’t need to stop here everyday, he’s fine. She was sole caregiver, refusing any help I sent.

Once alone i again explained how quickly he would deteriorate, hoping he would reevaluate. At home 8 days later he passed, my mother waited an hour before calling me.

On occasion Mom still asks me did she make the correct decision of no dialysis? Would he have lived, longer? What am I going to say, no you didn’t, he could have lived longer? Not going to happen, but even with qualified medical family, some choose to remove themselves from possible interventions

[manaboutown]

This is the latest. It seems she likely died 2/11 due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, he on about 2/18 from a heart attack. Gene suffered from Alzheimer's. Brrr....

Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa cause of death revealed: What we know | FOX 5 New York

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Does your physicians contact you daily, weekly, monthly, to check on you?

Reread the post, Device is not monitored continuously, but if the patient, physician, medical facility contacts the monitoring facility change can be made.

The only time one has continuously monitored devices is in medical facilities, or a in home halter monitor system that has to be returned for results,

Rich, famous or the guy down the street doesn’t have in home continuously live monitoring.

In my case I have a device implanted in my chest that sends a signal to dr office daily telling them it is operating normally. Once a month while I am normally sleeping a test is actually run via the internet.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

This is the latest. It seems she likely died 2/11 due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, he on about 2/18 from a heart attack. Gene suffered from Alzheimer's. Brrr....

Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa cause of death revealed: What we know | FOX 5 New York

Looks like of a broken heart on Gene Hackman's case.

[phylt]

The Great GH must have, unfortunately, been a shell of a man if these reports are accurate. If his wife died a week before he did... Imagine walking around the house (perhaps) while your beloved lay dead in another room. Did he go about his normal daily functions or...

Still a lot of questions. Who would have thought this was the end when hearing of this a couple weeks ago. Sad for both GH and his wife. Love GH in every role he played. For me his role in The Firm stood out. He absolutely was one of the Greats. We can still enjoy his outstanding work now...

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by phylt

The Great GH must have, unfortunately, been a shell of a man if these reports are accurate. If his wife died a week before he did... Imagine walking around the house (perhaps) while your beloved lay dead in another room. Did he go about his normal daily functions or...

Still a lot of questions. Who would have thought this was the end when hearing of this a couple weeks ago. Sad for both GH and his wife. Love GH in every role he played. For me his role in The Firm stood out. He absolutely was one of the Greats. We can still enjoy his outstanding work now...

The authorities are speculating as to what happened at the end. Only God knows. But he/she only talks to Moses as far as I can tell. And Jesus. And maybe to various religious fanatics. Who knows?


He was a great actor. Will miss his performances.

[retiredguy123]

A media guy on TV this morning said that Gene Hackman's death will highlight the need for more Alzheimer's research. Really? The guy was 95.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

A media guy on TV this morning said that Gene Hackman's death will highlight the need for more Alzheimer's research. Really? The guy was 95.

Alzheimer's seems like a mystery stuck in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma. To sort of allude to Winston Churchill 's take on the Soviet Union.

A Right at Home worker took my Mom an Alzheimer's patient to get out once in a while a few years back. This worker was one of our best. This time they are at the Walmart on CR466 and at the checkout. My Mom for some reason starting yelling she was being kidnapped. Our worker left the items at checkout except for the one thing she had had time to get. They went out the door and were followed by a retired law enforcement officer in plain clothes. He demanded to know who the worker was. Anyone can claim to be a police officer so our worker said I do not need to give you any information. The retired LEO called the cops and our brave and brilliant worker called Right at Home. Right at Home called me. And they were soon back at home. I think Right at Home got the police turned back.


We have had a lot of workers from Right at Home who are very good at dealing with Alzheimer's patients. Some of the public seem clueless.

But I do get the impression that the medical community is only guessing about Alzheimer's. They really do not know much about it.

Some of the stuff that comes out of my Mother's mouth is hilarious. Some sad. Some tragic.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Alzheimer's seems like a mystery stuck in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma. To sort of allude to Winston Churchill 's take on the Soviet Union.

A Right at Home worker took my Mom an Alzheimer's patient to get out once in a while a few years back. This worker was one of our best. This time they are at the Walmart on CR466 and at the checkout. My Mom for some reason starting yelling she was being kidnapped. Our worker left the items at checkout except for the one thing she had had time to get. They went out the door and were followed by a retired law enforcement officer in plain clothes. He demanded to know who the worker was. Anyone can claim to be a police officer so our worker said I do not need to give you any information. The retired LEO called the cops and our brave and brilliant worker called Right at Home. Right at Home called me. And they were soon back at home. I think Right at Home got the police turned back.


We have had a lot of workers from Right at Home who are very good at dealing with Alzheimer's patients. Some of the public seem clueless.

But I do get the impression that the medical community is only guessing about Alzheimer's. They really do not know much about it.

Some of the stuff that comes out of my Mother's mouth is hilarious. Some sad. Some tragic.

Alzheimer is a horrible disease but there seems to be a lot of progress being made slowing down its progress.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Alzheimer is a horrible disease but there seems to be a lot of progress being made slowing down its progress.

Some of the pills work some of the time. Sundowning can be extremely difficult to deal with. The facilities here in the Villages also have problems from what I have heard from various workers. A lot of our Right at Home workers have experience with various Villages' area Memory Care places.

If you are dealing with Alzheimer's patients you often are also encountering sundowning.

There are support groups locally who can help with people coping with caring for Alzheimer's family members. I have not used them but others have mentioned them. Think I saw them in referenced in some of the Villages' meetings.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Some of the pills work some of the time. Sundowning can be extremely difficult to deal with. The facilities here in the Villages also have problems from what I have heard from various workers. A lot of our Right at Home workers have experience with various Villages' area Memory Care places.

If you are dealing with Alzheimer's patients you often are also encountering sundowning.

There are support groups locally who can help with people coping with caring for Alzheimer's family members. I have not used them but others have mentioned them. Think I saw them in referenced in some of the Villages' meetings.

I took care of Mom and she had sundowners for about 6 months. Very sad to witness. She lived for 17 years with this disease. Now I down to Dad who is 92.