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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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Group housing
I was asked if I knew anything about group housing as an alternative for PWP who have no caregivers. Since I did not, I thought I would raise the subject here and see if anyone had ideas.
For my own part, I would think a boarding house model might work with the size being critical. Enough people to make the shared cost of someone to help out inside and out and out in the world. But not so big as to be institutional. A lot of us will have a lot of years where such an arrangement would be all we need.
Thoughts?
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000.
Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well.
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