I've mentioned before, that we borrowed our friends' house to move my mum closer to us & I go in every day. At the back there is a brick shed, which had a broken down washing machine & we put my mum's freezer in there too. My little granddaughter's playschool were trying to raise funds & it was suggested collecting old electrical appliances to be sold for their funds. Our friends' decided to donate their old washing machine & he & my husband went into my mum's to collect it, while she was at the day centre. I saw her later & explained about it all & she said, it's a good idea.
Almost every day since, she mentions it & keeps saying machine was stolen along with her long handled shears. I reminded her again that it wasn't her machine & that we didn't give her any garden equipment, as it wasn't her responsibility. She insisted showing me the bush she had trimmed, it was my husband who had done it.
I went in this aftn & she had the phone book out & had written down a phone no. I asked who was she ringing & it was the council dept & I read what she was going to say. It said, Those people who were collecting electrical items, didn't even knock at the door. That the washing machine was gone & her garden shears, was saying they were stolen, That she bought them last yr for 20e. At the end of it had written, I'm 84 yrs old & a widow & I think it's disgusting that this happened. I had to remind her again that is was our friend & his house & my husband, so why would they need to knock if you were at the centre, so they weren't stolen. I said, if whoever you ring had listened to you & called to you, you would be embarrassed when they asked who did machine belong to. As my husband says, she always think she's right & was like that before alzheimers.
Yest, I took her to the memory clinic, one hrs drive each way. We had lunch & I needed to pop into the shop to get a few bits. I told her I couldn't be long, as needed to get home, that I'd take her food shopping tomorrow. My husband was collecting our daughter, her husband & 2 young children from Dublin airport & it was 2 & half hrs drive home. I wanted to get back to cook dinner for them all, to save my daughter cooking. I already had a dinner for my mum, for when I took her home.
On the way home, my mum said, I didn't do any food shopping, I reminded her I take her every wk & didn't have time yest. She then said, well, I didn't get it today, did I. She can be so rude & was like that too, before alzheimers. I had to say to her, I have to help other family members too, as well as you. It seems the more we do for her, the more she expects. I had an insect bite on my leg at the wkend & next day, it swelled up, went bigger, dark red, hard & very painful. Had to see the GP, said it was infected & gave antibiotics & antihistamine. Since taking them I feel so tired & finding it harder to cope this week.
Almost every day since, she mentions it & keeps saying machine was stolen along with her long handled shears. I reminded her again that it wasn't her machine & that we didn't give her any garden equipment, as it wasn't her responsibility. She insisted showing me the bush she had trimmed, it was my husband who had done it.
I went in this aftn & she had the phone book out & had written down a phone no. I asked who was she ringing & it was the council dept & I read what she was going to say. It said, Those people who were collecting electrical items, didn't even knock at the door. That the washing machine was gone & her garden shears, was saying they were stolen, That she bought them last yr for 20e. At the end of it had written, I'm 84 yrs old & a widow & I think it's disgusting that this happened. I had to remind her again that is was our friend & his house & my husband, so why would they need to knock if you were at the centre, so they weren't stolen. I said, if whoever you ring had listened to you & called to you, you would be embarrassed when they asked who did machine belong to. As my husband says, she always think she's right & was like that before alzheimers.
Yest, I took her to the memory clinic, one hrs drive each way. We had lunch & I needed to pop into the shop to get a few bits. I told her I couldn't be long, as needed to get home, that I'd take her food shopping tomorrow. My husband was collecting our daughter, her husband & 2 young children from Dublin airport & it was 2 & half hrs drive home. I wanted to get back to cook dinner for them all, to save my daughter cooking. I already had a dinner for my mum, for when I took her home.
On the way home, my mum said, I didn't do any food shopping, I reminded her I take her every wk & didn't have time yest. She then said, well, I didn't get it today, did I. She can be so rude & was like that too, before alzheimers. I had to say to her, I have to help other family members too, as well as you. It seems the more we do for her, the more she expects. I had an insect bite on my leg at the wkend & next day, it swelled up, went bigger, dark red, hard & very painful. Had to see the GP, said it was infected & gave antibiotics & antihistamine. Since taking them I feel so tired & finding it harder to cope this week.
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