By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington. Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services. APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid. We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour. APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment. You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints. Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or
[email protected] to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights. APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.I agree that: A.I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information"). B.APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink. C.APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site. D.If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records. E.This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year. F.You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our
Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our
Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
So sorry for your loss.
And a thousand thousand curses on any doctor who hands out a px for morphine or codeine without stapling a second px for lactulose to it. May they all poo footballs for a week so that they learn that constipation is no joke.
If you can monitor it then 12 hours should help. Maybe also a stool softener
(By the way you can not mix Miralax with a food or liquid that has been thickened with one of the food thickeners, the Miralax will thin it out right away.)
We also used Lactulose daily, much easier on the kidneys than some of the other products.
But when we needed to there were a few other remedies we used.
"The Bomb" this was suggested by Hospice. 1/4 Cup milk of Magnesia + 1/4 Cup Prune Juice + 1/4 Cup orange Juice this gets warmed up. Works pretty well.
I also kept pureed pineapple and pureed papaya in the freezer and I would mix the two together and portion it into 1/2 Cup amounts and give that to my Husband when we needed to "loosen things up a bit". This also worked pretty well. Common ingredients in a lot of the commercial "cleanses" available.
Suppository's can work well. But if there is a small impaction you may have to use a gloved hand and some lubrication like Vaseline and try to break it up. Do not do this unless you check with the nurse or doctor first.
(Oh the things we do for the ones we love!!)
Last resort was Magnesium Citrate , pretty inexpensive, under $1.00 a bottle but very high in sodium and tough on the kidneys.
Enema would work.
They were holding off giving her constulose but they sent home a rx. That works fast!
Going forward, she was taken off Vicodin, added peri Colace and started Linzess. Also got physical therapy to move around more but I’ll be darned if she doesn’t still get backed up!
or explosive diarrhea.
Also in hospital they quit giving her oral meds because she was throwing up indicating she was full to the brim! FYI
charlotte
Plus, magnesium is good for so many things!
I suppose what worked well at first was due to her hospital diet. I think the inactivity is responsible as she no longer takes any opioids.
When she ever gets her teeth working we plan to invest in a prune spree. Hope it won’t affect her sugar.
It seems to me that all daily fixes have a short period of promoting bowel activity. Her body seems to need a regular change.
Two at dinner or bed time will give the results you need.
My mom was recently hospitalized for constipation. it’s possible she was backed up for 3 weeks! We tried to treat her at home for ten days and who knows how long before that she’d last gone.
They sent her home the first day but we took her back 2 days later and she was admitted.
I was amazed how many enemas and suppositorys they tried! They kept her 6 days and withheld the constalose All that time. They were taking cat scans regularly but I guess there can be a blockage that can’t easily be detected. She finally went in the hospital without taking the constulose.
I personally had a bowel resection and had an ostomy bag for ten months. Let me tell you, it is not something my mother could handle at this age.
Since she came home we’ve been trying different medications and Linzess has helped a lot. She now has a “poop” calendar that she places “poop” stickers on each time she goes. We are watching it closely!
Charlotte
#2 Prunes
#3 Prune juice
#4 Activia
You may have to sit her on the potty soon after