Yes ‘wandering lady does have additional funding
@jennifer1967.
Wednesday we had another walk round the gardens and then sat outside having a coffee and cake. The activities coordinator and one of the catering ladies were setting up tables for a ‘mad hatters teas party in the afternoon’. It looked really nice. I saw photos on the Homes Facebook page later and the food looked lovely and most of the residents looked like they had a good time). We then headed back upstairs as it was nearly time to leave, so I sat down for a few minutes in the lounge with Mum and then said I needed to pop to the loo. I saw good Carer in the corridor and he said he would distract her. I rang later and he confirmed no issues. Hurrah.
Friday was raining and Mum was still in the dining room when I arrived. One of the Carers had suggested Mum might like Marmite on toast for breakfast which Mum had tried one bite of and said it was disgusting. (No sitting on the fence with that one then) so they were just making her some of her usual toast and marmalade. So I sat with Mum whilst she ate and then we had a look through a gadget magazine. She seemed to be wanting to ‘go out’ but not sure where to, so I said we would have to wait until it stopped raining. So we went and sat in the lounge and were able to sit on a sofa in front of the tv. Carer put on one of the ‘do your house up’ programs which Mum likes. She only half watched but it provided items for us to ‘chat’ about. Now I don’t know if it was because we were in the lounge or whether it was because I said I had to go to work but would be back at teatime but Mum seemed quite happy and just said ‘ ok see you later’. I guess I might be able to use both.