h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Thanks TC

Mum was in the queue to have her hair done when I arrived so I was glad I took my astronomy mag

When she came back she looked fabulous

The escort told me Mum had fallen asleep under the drier! She didn't even remember going, or what day it was, or what meal was coming up. I told her she was having fish & chips for lunch and she said that'll be nice. According to her chart she's back up to 42kg.

More good news then.



Websailor

Mum enjoyed all her visitors for Mother's Day but yesterday was back to normal and just me. She slept the whole time. Friday she has a heart scan in Hull. I'll have to accompany her in the ambulance so at least we have a clue what goes on.

my mam says I'm STILL not too old to be given an ear cloutdon't yah just love 'em

for Friday GB

Websailor

Thanks, in the meantime, the Beacon have organised a home visit for Mum to see if she can climb the stairs now a second rail has been fitted. Tomorrow. Today I spent 2 hours at the side of her bed, watching her snore and trying to listen to the birds outside. When Mum did rouse, she asked me what day it was, what time it was, and what did she have for breakfast? I asked why she was in bed and she didn't know, so I asked the on the way out and they said Mum had insisted she didn't want to get up. Strange that some staff make them get up and get dressed and sit with the other residents, while others just leave them in bed.

Does that mean they are planning to send her back to her own home GB?

She doesn't sound up to it to me. It sounds a bit harsh to make them get up but it is much better for them in the long run.

Anyway, with the Home visit.

Websailor

I don't know, Webby. I think it's part of the assessment. I know she isn't well enough to go home, even with 4 carer visits. I have heard that the maximum stay at this facility is 6 weeks though, and that's already up.

Right, I'm off to prepare the house for Mum's visit.

Can you tell I'm dreading it? I think she'll be upset and I'm not sure I'll be able to cope with that. I wish my sister or daughter #1 was doing this.

*bites bullet*

After all that, she (just about) managed and it was me who got upset

Why couldn't the put in a chair lift for her?




lil x

Quite often, the answer to "Why not?" is

Ah, bless It is a dreadful feeling isn't it? I had it with my Dad, and was dreading it with my husband.

Websailor

To be honest I don't think a chairlift would be suitable, or if there's even room. My brother called round tonight after his Mum visit after work. She thought we'd gone to her house yesterday, and she told him that I hadn't turned up this morning to take her to her hospital appointment.



And then I noticed my answerphone was flashing so I played the message. It was the Beacons, asking to arrange a meeting with regards to sending Violet home.

Luckily my brother was here because I almost fell over. At the moment I have no idea what we're going to do but at least my brother is on the case

Oh brother, what a . I am glad you have someone to help you out!

It sounds as if your mother requires a full-time carer. And it should be cheaper to provide such a carer in a Nursing Home than in her own home.

It's always the same - they'll try to save money when they can. In my father's case, because he had some money in the bank the health care system was slow to cough up for payment for the nursing home, so he had to pay 36,000 euros for the year he was in the place.

After he died, the health care people said they wouldn't pay retrospectively, because they'd never got around to sending someone out to see whether he needed to be in the nursing home.

...much catching up to do...



Re: post 133 (walking for CVS health)

I saw a study recently relating walking speed to longevity.

Apparently, the faster people walk, the longer they are likely to live.




Re: post 142, "earworms"

Maybe that's why Carole King's "Music Is Playing Inside My Head" was such a smashing success.




Re: posts 176 - 178 (seniors with poor appetite)

I've noticed that too with my own Mom, she's extremely inhibited about asking for anything special, and about eating except when I do, which makes for a special problem since she's underweight, I'm overweight and often have to fast to avoid diabetic trouble.

So if I ask if she's hungry or thirsty and she says to just bring her something next time I have something, I get her something right away and she usually eats immediately.

We all got Mum for Mother's Day and I've been stuffing her with them. Her weight yesterday was the same as last week, so no longer a cause for alarm. Today's trip across the Humber Bridge went well, the we saw did an untrasound scan on her legs & feet (both, not just the purple one) and said the veins are close to the skin and as her skin is so thin, that's why her foot is purple. When we got back to the Beacon I went in search of the telephone caller, found her and booked a family appointment next Wed at 11am. I've texted everybody concerned but I'm only expecting apologies for absence back, but they'll want a full report from me.

I do feel, deep down, that a nursing home place is the way we should be looking.

Having had some experience of such things GB, I think you are right, but it is not an easy thing to do, and it is not easy to find a place that satisfies her needs and your standards.

It is terrifying when they want to send someone home who is clearly not up to it.
Now is the time to push for it, rather than when she is back home I think.



Websailor