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LafayetteLady -> RE: glucose monitors suggestions? (3/16/2014 11:47:27 PM)
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Sorrry to hear your troubling news lw.
Accucheck is one of the better monitors, supposedly. It is within the FDA's ridiculous percentage guidelines nearly 100% of the time and within 5% more than 95% of the time (thanks to a link Anjelika sent me). They are super easy to use, really big numbers to see, and large buttons.
As someone else pointed out, insurance tends to dictate which people get. Medicare and medicaid are unlikely to cover the meter MM posted the link to. Monitors are dirt cheap, strips expensive. That monitor uses a tape system and your mom's doctors would have to fight for her to get it. Hopefully, you will be able to get insulin pens, they will be easier than syringes because you twist to the correct dose, rather than fill.
A "diabetic" diet is usually limited on carbs. Ask about attending education classes at your rregional diabetes center. Your mother and whoever will be her primary caregiver should be covered.
For the record, obesity does not cause diabetes, in fact most obese people don't have diabetes. Diabetics also can eat sugar and carbs but it should be in moderation like everything else for everyone else. Potatoes, pasta, rice and bread are the biggest things to cut out.
If she won't be able to give herself an insulin shot with a spike, she's not likely to check her blood either. Just saying.
The fact that she says she will run away...I'm sure you would hate to do it, but you and your siblings may need to consider having her deemed incompetent and one being named guardian. Most nursing homes, she isn't going to be able to walk out the door.
As for the medicare/medicaid. If she gets SSI, she would have had to prove she had other insurance. To not get medicare. Its automatic, and is probably deducted from her check. Any SS office can tell you or if you can find her award letter, it will all be spelled out. You said she is getting lless than 1100, so I assume she gets more than 100. Family is in PA, right? She likely is over the amount to get the crossover medicaid. That's usually a strict dollar amount, with no deductions for expenses. This means your family will have some significant out of pocekt costs.
Contact the division of senior services in her area. They will be able to also direct you to meal delivery, which will cost on a sliding scale I believe. Could even be free if she qualifies.
Oh, if she applied for medicaid, you should be able to find out from her local social services office. They can tell you if she applied, when and whether she was approved or denied. Do this before starting the paperwork. You may not need to go through it again.
The pneumonia could have caused the spike, although that was a really high spike. But illness raises BS.
I am going to my regional diabetes center Thursday and I will see if there is a list of all centers across the nation. They are going to be your best source of information. They are accredited with the American Diabetes Association. There are discount programs for meds, supplies everything. And someone in the program can help you find other services.
If I think of anything else, I shoot you a cmail.
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