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Is this the beginning stages of the final moments?
Does the random stares into space, the pre-occupation with picking at something that isn’t there, with eyes closed, mean that she is moving away from reality, moving towards that final acceptance of giving up?
This isn’t an easy thing to consider, to ponder. I feel helpless and yet …
Last Thursday [July 8 2010] they took our regular worker, sent her elsewhere, and gave us Anjoli [substitute]. She wasn’t bad, but again, not a clue about what was required of her, so naturally, it wouldn’t be the best care.
Today [July 12 2010] they have done it again, sending us Surjit to substitute for our …
David had to agree, and really I don’t mind as Bill is a good friend, but now I am running a doggie daycare, or so it seems.
I mean Tika is nice, gentle and obedient, unlike our Molly, but then Molly is a Jack Russell while Tika is a cross Shepard and Rotweiller. Oh and she …
I wonder, ARE PEOPLE JUST PLAIN STUPID?
You are coming to a person’s home, to do a job. So to start things off, you park in front of a driveway, not the one you are visiting, but their neighbours. Bad enough that, but then you try to simply walk in, even though you can hear a …
This has been an eye opening weekend, sort of. I mean it seems to just confirm to me, that people are either so clueless, that it borders on stupid, or that it is they simply don’t give a shit about their job.
There used to be a time, when no matter what your job was, you …
Today has not been a stellar one, for either of us.
I know better, yet I still lost it, and that was dangerous. Arguing with Mom is never good, never was even when I was a kid, but it has added danger when she is nearing 93, and not in great health. It sets a tone, …
She’s been here once before, and not much has changed with her. She is an older home support worker, but frankly, not what I’d call a Great Worker. She is in a rush, and has a rather hard sounding tone to her voice, that isn’t exactly comforting, or soothing in any way. Nor does it …
Read MoreYou know, the frustration levels are rather high, as each day comes and go. The reality of caring for someone much older, is a constant source of annoyances, of frustrations, and family members who don’t understand, only make it harder. Or is it, that I don’t understand?
I listen to David, and at times want to …
The daily grind is something, and yet compared to many it isn’t all that bad. Seriously, I know that what I have to accomplish, each day with Mom, isn’t all that complicated, all that difficult even. And yet, it weighs on the mind, on the body so that by the end of the day, the …
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