Youville, Cambridge MA

So Mom moved to the Youville Rehabilitation Center on 1575 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. As Missy Connors commented it sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book. The brusque announcement of the change was a surprise for all of us. Between 1 and 3 in the afternoon, Ciola Bennett (the patient care coordinator) stopped by Mom's room and said she would be moving at 5:00 pm. Anna, Andrew, Stephen, Uncle John & Aunt Mary helped pack up and move Mom's accumulated belongings. When we arrived at Youville (its website is www.youville.org) we were immediately stuck by how peaceful it seemed compared to BWH. Mom will definitely be able to rest more here. Andrew also saw a piano in a recreation room - so we told Mom that rather than walk in circles, she could walk to the piano instead. She has one roommate, and the room has less amenities than BWH (e.g. there is no personal refrigerator and no closet space), but the building is nice. It is a lot harder to drive to than BWH - a lot of traffic and convoluted roadways, but the parking is free after 5. I think Mom, Andrew, and I definitely had a nostalgic feeling when we said goodbye to the many nurses, patient care assistants, and doctors whom we come to know over the past two weeks at BWH - in many ways it had become our home... Dad and Anna are visiting Mom now. She seemed quite tired when Andrew and I left.

Stephen