Back from visiting Mom. We spent about two hours with her, fixing her clocks, chatting, making sure she had what was needed close at hand. She had eaten her lunch, and about half of the ice cream they gave her (which was a pretty big portion so I understood that). And while the short term memory issues are no better (and are unlikely to get better) she is still pretty darn savvy and sharp as a tack. Talked to several of the folks there about using a notebook to create a log of visits and most of them had no issues, we just need to run it through the facilities manager and make sure she is okay with it, and can spread the word to all the shifts. And the fridge was indeed still cold so we can now safely get some yogurt, and I can hopefully encourage her to have one with her coffee for breakfast each day. If I can manage to get the energy to be up and moving and able to get out each day - I am hoping to transition more to a midday visit rather than a late afternoon visit, so it doesnt impact dinner prep time. I find I just dont have energy to do a visit followed by another hour down in the kitchen doing dinner. Though I am feeling a tad more energetic at the moment (maybe because it is Vitamin D day too ;) ) The more open and clean I get the room, the more energy I have. Just think how I will feel if I can get the majority of the house all neat and tidy! Though I still think I will need a small army of helpers to make that happen.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 20:06:15 +0000
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