Archive for February, 2010
It isn’t a subject I really want to think about, call it perhaps Denial, but then again, maybe it is simply a case of not wanting to face the reality of life. I mean, we are born, we live for however long we do, then we die. It is just that, nothing more, nothing less, …
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 …
This whole caregiving job has no guidelines, no books that explain what you will go through, or how to adapt to the changes, to the frustrations. There is no magic course to take, that will teach you how to be a loving, compassionate, caregiver.
Either it is in you, or it isn’t.
You can talk and discuss …
Read MoreHome Support Workers need to understand a few basic rules.
The first rule, is simple. YOU are in someone’s home TO HELP, NOT HINDER.
Yes, there are some Patients who cannot answer the door, and it is left unlocked for the worker to enter. HOWEVER that is not the case with MANY so really, DO NOT ASSUME YOU ARE …
Read MoreCome back to haunt you, later on in life.
On sunday of this last week, we got a phone call from Beacon Community Services. The person was nice, telling us that our scheduled worker for Monday had booked off sick. Okay, it happens, right, and until this morning, felt rather good that at least they had …
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 …
Read MoreI really must be, as we have a new worker this morning and I am listening in, and really, have to wonder, where does Beacon find these people? How can they send them into a home, when they don’t have a clue?
Yes, you do need to remove the night clothing before beginning a sponge bath, …
Yesterday the Doctor sent his Physio Nurse over, to try and get some idea of Mom’s strengths, weaknesses, and to figure out an exercise plan for her. Nice concept, nice to have that sort of backup too, from one’s Doctor. Yet, to be honest, what she called simple exercises, aren’t all that simple for a …
Read MoreI think one of the main problems is the wearing down of one’s own patience, for normal things. It sounds wrong to say, but really, I find myself being impatient, at least in my own mind. I try to keep it level, to not show my impatience, but it seems to just get harder with …
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