Love it! Great one! nt

The Hospital where she was treated initiated a request for Medicaid to supplement

her Medicare. - I guess that's their way to be paid after her Medicare time is used up.
I am able to assist in paying some of her bills as they accumulate, though we all know medical bills can blow up in the wink of an eye.
I'm trying to be careful not to be listed as her responsible financial party for that reason.
She was having a visiting nurse and therapies through Medicare for her diabetes and edema when the ketoacidosis set in and she was hospitalized, where the stroke occurred.
Thanks for your kind thoughts.

Thanks, Hollysmom. I'll look around or ask for aphasia software.

I guess we're so lucky to live in an age where software for so many problems has been produced.
She hasn't had a computer of her own, but I have a tablet I've never used, and it can surely be hers in this time of need.

I treasure your encouragement as well as PADem's suggestion of music, especially Mozart, as aides for returning her language usage.

Daughter recently had left cerebral artery stroke; has aphasia and no use of right arm and hand.

She's middle-aged; I, her only living parent, and her siblings are her support system, though they have lives to live in the present. She doesn't have many friends, due to a form of Asperger's.
She has many physical ills, diabetic related - high blood pressure, high glucose - she uses insulin to control; she was hospitalized in ICU for 2 weeks beginning March3.
Last Tuesday (3/22) she was moved to a rehabilitation hospital. She has Medicare, but her 100 days will likely run out soon, since she has had ongoing problems since last Oct. 24, using Medicare days for hospitalizations and rehab.

But this stroke is the worst of her problems thus far. She understands most of what is said to her, and can answer "no", "Yes", "Okay", and some other one- or two-word responses. She seems frustrated as she knows she cannot get the words out. She is not using her left (unaffected) hand much, such as for holding a plastic cup or feeding herself. She is also likely just plain weak all over, due to several weeks mostly spent in bed, with a few hours a day sitting in a chair.

Problem is - I'm an older senior without enough stamina to care for her on a continued basis and won't be around for her long-term. She will need help being transferred from bed to chair & vice versa, toileting or toileting care, special meals - diabetic, low sodium and finely chopped. I want to support her, but feel that I'm in a survival mode myself - I tire easily and normally plan one activity a day for myself.

I haven't checked out the options in the community yet, as I don't know how much progress she is going to make before they release her to me - likely in the next 2-3 weeks. I'm not expecting much progress so quickly, though I'm told most recovery from stroke takes place within the first 6-12 months, and I want her to have every chance possible.

Thoughts? Advice?

I missed the sports question(s?) also. Not interested in pro teams.

NCAA basketball, yes.

Got 10/10 on the week before, in which there were no sports questions.

Beautiful. Thank you. nt

The county official responsible for this snafu (in the original sense of the word)-

was interviewed on Chris Hayes Show (I think- or Rachel Maddow).
She admitted she was responsible, and that money saving was part of the equation.

Rudy, have you ever considered that no one cares whom you endorse?

Have you ever considered that your opinion is irrelevant to most of the thinking world?

Is it possible to "negotiate" with the funeral home re price of the casket?

After all, she agreed with them years ago at a certain price, and it is known that the funeral home is going to make a profit, so perhaps they'll be willing to cut a deal.

Also, the viewing time could be shortened. When she pre-paid she likely had many living friends, but how many will there be at a 97year old's funeral.

I would go with a casket as she wanted, or one very similar.

I love it that the whole Obama family- Michelle, and the daughters- went along, too.

I don't know if Mrs. Robinson travels on these trips.

Anyway, it's a nice family get-away- The Obamas will be in Cuba two nights.
And the plane trip on Air Force One is likely not as long as a trip to the US West Coast.

Another good part of the trip is that US business men - leaders of Marriott and Starwood hotels, for instance, will be in Havana as well.
They'll sign marketing agreements with Cuba, which will make it nigh impossible for Republicans to try to roll back.