i thought for once i would not moan and put a positive posting on, we have just come back from a lovely weekend away seeing my family..MIL went into a very nice respite home for the weekend and we literally forgot! about her for three days..it was bliss and has put our lives back in to perspective..we feel human again and can look to the future, we are allowed six weeks a year which seems like heaven, so are busy planning some getaways...i dont feel guilty as she was well looked after and had much more attention than we can give her...and they were not cross or short with her as i am sometimes..so i am happy that she will have benefitted from the expereince, although she had a few moans about the other residents and "poor silly things" and not being able to have her usual walks..on the whole it was a positive exerience for all of us and i would stongly recomend taking any opportunity you may get for repsite care..and take it without guilt...i now feel that i can carry on instead of wanting to give up..we do have a future after all. Also i cannot praise the staff enough..they have unending patience and compassion in bucket loads and can "give" so much more than i can
and i have today enrolled in a painting for pleasure course..to compensate for not being able to do my art degree as planned, and i begin my training to become a reflexolgist on the 15th....i am now hopeful that i will be able to balance things and continue to care for MIL, i hope this will give you hope those that are just hanging on! love to you all hazel x
and i have today enrolled in a painting for pleasure course..to compensate for not being able to do my art degree as planned, and i begin my training to become a reflexolgist on the 15th....i am now hopeful that i will be able to balance things and continue to care for MIL, i hope this will give you hope those that are just hanging on! love to you all hazel x