First of all, forget about the advise about being "unrehabitable". The pomposity of some members of the medical profession astounds me. That does not mean he may not be in a situation to improve, but don't take their word for it. My little 102 year old sweety-pie, with whom I just spent three hours hugging and making lunch for was deemed "unrehabilitatable" by "the best doctors in the country", could not hold a spoon, would not eat, could not swallow, was incontionent, unable to move, walk or feed herself or talk. "Let her die in peace" was their moronic suggestion. Guess what. The firstFirst progesterone mc10
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First-progesterone vgs 400 thing I did when I took over her care was to fire her coumadin nurse and throw away the coumadin. And 21 other inappropriately prescribed medicationsAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration. Well, you know what Davy Crocket said: "Be sure you're right, then go ahead". That was two years ago. Do not do this without consulting a physician. I only do what I do because of extensive medical experience. If you don't have that you must consult an M.D. Anyway, she walks (with assistancer), is no longer incontinent, and her conversational ability and sentience improves every day. And she laughs like a sixteen year old! And the love of my life. And she has the happiest laughingist days of any 102 year old on the planet!. Last week she re-learned to play "Patty-cake". I am troubled by the fact that there were three sequential strokesHeat emergencies
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Transient ischemic attack from bleeds. Needless to say, he should not be on coumadin, and if he is, I advise you to find another health care facility and a good asttorney The firstFirst progesterone mc10
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Transient ischemic attack, he is obviously not stabilized. There are many possible reasons for these bleeds, all beyond the scope of a post. Sometimes there are physicalPhysical activity
Physical exam frequency
Physical examination rupturesAortic rupture, chest x-ray
Ruptured eardrum
Tracheal/bronchial rupture of structures, which may not be repairable. Sometimes these problems are geneticAllergies and genetics
Genetic counseling
Genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis
Genetics
Male pattern baldness
X-linked recessive genetic defects
X-linked recessive genetic defects - how boys are affected
X-linked recessive genetic defects - how girls are affected. On the other handHand or foot spasms
Hand tremor many bleeds are due to as simple vitaminPernicious anemia
Schilling test
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Vitamin a
Vitamin b-12
Vitamin b12 level
Vitamin b3 source
Vitamin b6 benefit
Vitamin c benefit
Vitamin d source
Vitamin e K deficiency. And the failure of the body to repair damage is often due to "InsulinFood and insulin release
Hypoglycemia
Insulin aspart
Insulin aspart-insulin aspart protamine
Insulin c-peptide
Insulin detemir
Insulin glargine
Insulin glulisine
Insulin inhalation, rapid acting
Insulin isophane
Insulin isophane-insulin regular utilization syndromes". I like that term a lot better than diabetesDiabetes
Diabetes - resources
Diabetes and exercise
Diabetes and nerve damage
Diabetes diet
Diabetes foot care
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus - central
Diabetes insipidus - nephrogenic
Diabetes risk factors
Gestational diabetes. Many patientsKidney diet - dialysis patients with diabetesDiabetes
Diabetes - resources
Diabetes and exercise
Diabetes and nerve damage
Diabetes diet
Diabetes foot care
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus - central
Diabetes insipidus - nephrogenic
Diabetes risk factors
Gestational diabetes will have their skinActinic keratosis
Aging changes in skin
Allergy skin prick or scratch test
Allergy testing
Basal cell carcinoma
Birthmarks - red
Cellulitis
Circumcision
Cutaneous skin tags
Dry skin
Fair skin cancer risks crack and bleed when their insulinFood and insulin release
Hypoglycemia
Insulin aspart
Insulin aspart-insulin aspart protamine
Insulin c-peptide
Insulin detemir
Insulin glargine
Insulin glulisine
Insulin inhalation, rapid acting
Insulin isophane
Insulin isophane-insulin regular levsls are not kept under control, The repair mechanism does not work. So proper insulinFood and insulin release
Hypoglycemia
Insulin aspart
Insulin aspart-insulin aspart protamine
Insulin c-peptide
Insulin detemir
Insulin glargine
Insulin glulisine
Insulin inhalation, rapid acting
Insulin isophane
Insulin isophane-insulin regular control is a must. Don't follow any adviced offered by me without consulting a physician, but between me, you and the wall, coumadin is the primaryPrimary amyloidosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Primary insomnia
Primary lymphoma of the brain cause of these continual bleeds. If they tell you "the coumadin nurse has to adjust the dose", find another medical care facility. Again, many physicians would disagree with me. So the issue of stabilization has to be addressed. Why is he continuing to bleed? That question has to be answered. Only when the bleedingBleeding
Bleeding between periods
Bleeding disorders
Bleeding gums
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)
Ear discharge
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hemorrhagic stroke
Nosebleed
Stopping bleeding with a tourniquet
Stopping bleeding with direct pressure is stabilized can you direct yourself to the process of rehabilitation. The usual drill when the insurance runs out is to talk the familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
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Family troubles - resources into an unnecessary trach, because otherwise he requires expensive ACLSAcl reconstruction care. Then they talk you into a feeding tube because it enables unskilled medical personnel to take care of the nutritionDiet - cancer treatment
Malnutrition. The firstFirst progesterone mc10
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First-progesterone vgs 400 question you should ask is "why is the patientKidney diet - dialysis patients bleedingBleeding
Bleeding between periods
Bleeding disorders
Bleeding gums
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)
Ear discharge
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hemorrhagic stroke
Nosebleed
Stopping bleeding with a tourniquet
Stopping bleeding with direct pressure?", and if they can't answer find another medical facility. Don't leave without a written answer. The issue can be very complex. In one patientKidney diet - dialysis patients I was involved with he developed a bleedingBleeding
Bleeding between periods
Bleeding disorders
Bleeding gums
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)
Ear discharge
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hemorrhagic stroke
Nosebleed
Stopping bleeding with a tourniquet
Stopping bleeding with direct pressure disorderAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia in the brainAmebic brain abscess
Brain abscess
Brain herniation
Brain surgery
Brain tumor - adults
Brain tumor - children
Metastatic brain tumor
Posterior fossa tumor
Primary brain tumor because of an auto-immune disease. The bleedingBleeding
Bleeding between periods
Bleeding disorders
Bleeding gums
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)
Ear discharge
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hemorrhagic stroke
Nosebleed
Stopping bleeding with a tourniquet
Stopping bleeding with direct pressure disorderAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia was cured by a few weeks of prednisone. This case was a real puzzle and it took some very good physicians to put their headsHead and face reconstruction
Head injury
Head lice
Indications of head injury
Radial head injury together and figure this one out. Of course, it goes without sdaying I trust you have already requested copies of ewvery lab test and nurses note from the hospital. If not that is tomorrows project. But time is of the essence. The bird of time has but a little way to fly, and lo, the bird is on ther wing. Good luck and don't give up yet.

He needs to be in a chair for more than a "few hours" a day. You also need to get him in a wheel chair with good soft pneumatic wheels and take him around to experience things. Outside if the weather is nice. At least an hour a day in sunlight. It is difficult if not impossible to be a "friend" to the aides. It is their job to instantly take care of incontinenceBowel incontinence
External incontinence devices
Incontinence - resources
Skin care and incontinence
Stress incontinence
Urge incontinence
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence products and there is no exuse for their behing any odor in the room when aides are employed. It goes without saying he should be watching television as muich as possible on a good screen, and maximum use should be made of a "dry-erase board". Don't hesitate to fire aides if they don't perform. Most of them have a "monologue" they get from centralCentral sleep apnea casting about "how much they enjoy their work". You wanty him properly groomed, dressed and washed every day. And not in Pajamas. I went through this with my sweety pie when she was bedridden and could not move. They came up with a thouisand reasons why it was impossible, the clothes woulod get soiled. My answer was "If I come in her at ten A.M. and she isn't properly groomed and dressed you're fired". And she stays groomed and dressed until bedtime.

I am sure Caregiver 222 is tired of hearingAge-related hearing loss
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Hearing or speech impairment - resources my story, but there are so many people that post that have not been told anything about strokeHeat emergencies
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Transient ischemic attack, caregiving, prognosis or anything else helpful from their physicians.  My mother is 91, right side paralyzed and cannot speak a word.  I also don't think she can see out of her right eyeAmblyopia
Blepharitis
Bloodshot eyes
Cataract - close-up of the eye
Color vision test
Conjunctivitis
Contact lens electrode on eye
Crossed eyes
Dry eyes
External and internal eye anatomy
Eye very well.  Anyway all the Doctors told me was two things "your mother will never speak again" and "you are dealing with end of life issues."  Well that was a big help, right?? Then she was kicked out of the hospital to a nursing home where she developed pneumoniaAtypical pneumonia
Chickenpox, acute pneumonia - chest x-ray
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumonia
Viral pneumonia and they gave her Robatussin until a little CNA told me "I think your mother has pneumoniaAtypical pneumonia
Chickenpox, acute pneumonia - chest x-ray
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumonia
Viral pneumonia and you must DEMAND a chestAcne, cystic on the chest
Adenocarcinoma - chest x-ray
Aortic rupture, chest x-ray
Aspergillosis - chest x-ray
Bronchial cancer - chest x-ray
Chest mri
Chest pain
Chest stretch
Chest tomogram
Chest tube insertion
Chest tube insertion - series xray" which we did...yep, pneumoniaAtypical pneumonia
Chickenpox, acute pneumonia - chest x-ray
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumonia
Viral pneumonia.  I guess that is why she was refusing to do PTPost-traumatic stress disorder.  Anyway, long story short, don't give up hope.  It is very difficult. We have been dealing with my mother for 4 years now with caregivers at home.  All sorts of caregivers.  I must have gone through at least 50..very few are very good and none can agree on how the patientKidney diet - dialysis patients should be taken care of.  The staffing is a nightmare to tell you the truth, but our only other option is nursing home and we won't do that at this time.  What helped me the most was
FCA..FamilyBirth control and family planning
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Transient ischemic attack Rehabilitation on Amazon.  The most important thing, I think is to try to keep him moving and doing all he can do on his own as much as possible.  This is often difficult, as with my mother she does not want to do/ or cannot do anything on her own..she is very apathetci and just wants to be taken care of and pushed around in a wheelchair.  Our caregivers, get her up, showered, dressed every day, breakfast, nap and then out somewhere in the car and wheelchair.  She only stays home all day when it snows and then she is sitting up in the familyBirth control and family planning
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Family troubles - resources room with the TV on.  You will always hear that "all strokesHeat emergencies
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Transient ischemic attack are different"  this is true as there are so many variables..but I believe recoveryRecovery position - series depends on 1) the patientsKidney diet - dialysis patients willingness to try to recover (with PTPost-traumatic stress disorder etc.). 2) the familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources participation and caring and 3) the familiesBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources finances to survive the whole ordeal without putting the patientKidney diet - dialysis patients in a nursing home.  Your Dad can make progress, but it is not an easy road by any means.
..but you are not alone.  Please conatct FamilyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
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Family troubles - resources Caregier Alliance...they are free and very suportive.
Vicki  PS I am an only childChild neglect and psychological abuse
Child safety seats
Child tylenol cold multi-symptom plus cough
School age child development..no siblings to help.

I am never tired of hearingAge-related hearing loss
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How well does your father understand language?  Check out the website www.youmeworks.com     It has nothing to do with strokeHeat emergencies
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Transient ischemic attack, but is great for helping people overcome discouragement, and I'm sure part of your father's helplessness is his discouragement.