Thank you
@annielou,
@Sarasa,
@anxious annie and
@Woo2 for your replies. Despite lockdown ending and tier 2 it seems to have been a busy time recently.
I have been trying to sell or give away items from Mum’s bungalow. I think I must be the worst or unluckiest person on all these sell or recycle sites as I am not having much success. One charity will take the beds but as the sofa and chairs does not have fire safety labels attached the charities are not allowed.
I had the first indoor visit with Mum with screens which was great for me as it was about 4 degrees outside but not so good for Mum who thought she was in prison. Although, she told me later on in the visit that the place was a shambles and once she had her money sorted out she would be moving. She remembered my partners name and that he had been ill but no idea about her grand daughter being pregnant. Not much of the conversation made sense but we did manage to ‘chat’ but she had had enough after 40 mins so I managed to call the staff and we finished the visit. Speaking to the activities coordinator Mum has been angry/frustrated this week with quite a lot of throwing objects and slamming doors.
I did mention to brother that we may have to move Mum sometime in the future but he said as Mum choose the place then we needed to respect her wishes. I know moving a person is not ideal and I would not undertake it lightly., but I am not sure this current Care Home is really set up with staff experienced in this dementia behaviour. I tried to arrange a phone call with management to discuss Mum’s behaviour and Care Plan a few weeks ago but did not follow up the no response due to all the changes going on but I think I need to now. If they are confident they can care for Mum despite the aggression then fine but I don’t want the situation where Mum is served notice.
I also got an email advising that a resident in the quarantine area had tested positive for corona virus although they had tested negative on discharge from hospital.
Other than that it has been a good week
Will now catch up with you good folk