As we live away and I find it very difficult to travel this week has been our first opportunity to visit Mum in her Care Home since she moved in 2 months ago. It was her 92nd birthday on Thursday and despite my trepidation of the visit, I can honestly say that it was the most uplifting of experiences. Not only is she well cared for (I have never seen so much one to one care given) she was the best I have seen her look in years, the sun shone and we spent a lot of time in the gardens. She even got up and played 'swing ball' with my other half for about 2 mins. Never heard her laugh like it. What a tonic. Despite all of this Mum has not a clue who my other half are but that didnt stop us from enjoying these special moments before they are all gone.
Just proves despite negative comments from certain relatives (who'd want them) she is in the best place possible. A bit of good news to report. I came home a different person.
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25-05-2012 02:28 PM #1Registered User
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Our First Visit to Mum in the Care Home
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25-05-2012 02:31 PM #2Registered User
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Lovely to hear such a positive post
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25-05-2012 02:41 PM #3
It's nice to hear something positive about care homes for a change ,it upsets me to hear all the awful things,I'm pleased you enjoyed your visit and hope that you have many more .
Jeany x“I used to think the worst thing in life
was to end up all alone.
It’s not—
the worst thing in life is to end up with people
who make you feel
all alone.”
~ Robin Williams
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25-05-2012 02:44 PM #4
What a lovely post, I am so glad for you. If I lived anywhere near, I'd move my husband there tomorrow!
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25-05-2012 06:02 PM #5Registered User
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Glad to hear your news. You must feel so much better for having such a lovely day.
Jude
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25-05-2012 07:31 PM #6Registered User
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Fantastic.
Always room for a bit of good news on TP
Am so pleased for everyone involved; thanks for sharingStrive not to be a success, but rather to be of value" Albert Einstein
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25-05-2012 09:37 PM #7Registered User
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Lovely to hear. I so hope that, when this phase comes for my mum, that I will be able to say similar. We can hope!
I know what you mean about those precious happy moments, they are worth so much now.
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26-05-2012 07:35 AM #8Registered User
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Thank you. Believe me at times I thought this day would never come. She still has her "spells" but hopefully they will become less and less. They say that laughter is the best tonic. Wish I could bottle it and give everyone in every care home a good dollop of it.
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26-05-2012 07:50 AM #9
What brilliant news. I'm so pleased for you (and your mum).
Izzy x
'The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.'
Robert Louis Stevenson
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