Chill as work tomorrow
It won`t be easy to chill with all that coffee.
Chill as work tomorrow
Maybe just change the GP ( I did for Dad !) just a form to be filled & then it’s a more noticeable protest- voting with your feet so to say!I seem to now have an addiction to the tumble dryer
Visited the CH and spoke with the nurse, they are having problems getting mums new GP to review her donepezil and have sent 7 faxes with no response. The CPN can't access mums file because her old memory clinic haven't forwarded the information and this has been going on for two weeks.
So on Monday I will be introducing myself to mums new GP and calling mums old memory clinic to have a few polite words -or should I say that will be dependant on the response I get.....this is what happens because the system is so fragmented and not joined up -and it really annoys me.....considerably
Or you could do some tumble drying?I have a plan for today (which does not include the tumble dryer -need to break the addiction)
- Tidy and clean kitchen
- Coffee
- Iron work shirts (erm maybe not)
- Coffee
- Reading (work stuff)
- Coffee
- Visit mum and take her out for cake (dependent on whether her shoes are missing) -more coffee
- Return home and start the task of sorting and decluttering -small bedroom first
- Chill as work tomorrow
I’d had three years of living with mum, but going into a strangers house, not knowing how they would react to me was really hard @Palerider
I’d heard of broken heart syndrome, but didn’t know what it was till I heard her describe it.
Hope you are enjoying washing without it hanging around. The machine on site has broken down again and won’t be fixed till at least Wednesday. I’m now feeling your pain
Storm Dennis wasn't as windy as storm Chiara here, but it certainly rained a lot! We ditched our plans for going to the gym in favour of a cosy afternoon in.
Sorry your mum wasn't up to going out. My mum is always keen to go out but with no car and no where to go to within walking distance I've not taken her out since just after Christmas I'm a bit loathe to try getting on a bus, as her mobility isn't as good as it was, and I know she'll think it's far too cold too.
There are other changes and its proving hard for the care staff to help mum sometimes. I had always hoped mums dementia wouldn't take her in this direction, but it seems that it is.
Hope fully you didn’t need the candles!Well its certainly not looking good here, now hailing as well.
Thanks @Sarasa -same as you we begin to realise that there is not much we can do at this stage and even with a car it wouldn't have helped much. And yes mums mobiloty has certainly got worse as well. Bless her she was so tired she couldn't hold a conversation and she didn't want to move. Will see how she is on Tuesday.
Just battening down the hatches and getting the candles ready.......
Why, thank you kind Sir, but it’s the washing machine that’s broken With limited space, I only have a weeks worth of clothing ... fortunately I’d done a load the day before it broke .. not going to be pleasant if it not fixed till Thursday
Dennis is howling outside, Pooch keeps barking at him , but he’s still going on.
Hope fully you didn’t need the candles!
It’s a rollercoaster of emotions, with visiting a PWD it’s a “lucky dip” experience
Good luck with the house hunting!
x
Hi @Palerider, my Mum was always very obliging and courteous to the care staff, my Dad on the other hand in residential care could be quite 'challenging' at times (he had a total personality reversal as pre-dementia he was the most liberal and easy going bloke you could ever wish to meet) - my Mum (who didn't have dementia at that point) found it impossible to accept and I have to admit at times it was difficult to witness. It sounds as though Mum is in the right place, from what you have said the staff have the necessary insight to manage Mum's needs the best they can. It certainly vindicates your decision to move Mum, even though it was a big upheaval at the time.
You make me feel guilty with your list of things to do, although you have not said if you achieved them all!
I had no plans for today apart from popping to the shops for a few groceries. I did do a load of washing on the spur of the moment, such an exciting life I lead! I spent most of the day working on some crochet, I'm trying to design a pattern for a blanket so lots of experimenting with stitches, undoing them, writing down etc etc.
My weekends are now much more relaxed as we have just started with carers visiting mum for three days ( Sat, Sun and Mon) for two hours at a time to cook lunch and companionship. The first two days went really well although when I phoned her later, she had no collection of anyone having been! It means neither myself or my siblings need to go round unless we want to and gets mum used to having carers as when my sister goes away in the summer, they will be making more visits to cover her.
We have put in room cameras in the lounge and kitchen and it's been an eye opener seeing what mum does - such as going up to bed in the early evening then sitting in the lounge from around 4am! But I have seen her make breakfast which is good as we were not sure if she ate anything unless we were there. I don't look at the cameras very often, I thinks it's too intrusive and to be honest it upsets me but it was useful the other morning when she did not answer my phone call to see that she had been up and was obviously in her bedroom getting dressed.
I need to start planning something to do at the weekends now I have the free time, but sometimes doing nothing is just fine!
It won`t be easy to chill with all that coffee.