http://mymotherslife.com Dedicated to the Only Woman I'll Love, My Mother. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/it-is-just-too-much-some-days/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/it-is-just-too-much-some-days/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:19 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=749 Share|Honestly, I think that the worse part of being the primary care giver for a parent, is the depression it causes. Sure you can arrange for respite care, but that is for those who can turn their minds off, and hope that those looking after your loved one is competent.  I can’t do that, I guess because I am a worrier, but also because I have seen how Beacon Community Services works.  They simply do not have enough qualified personnel, to do the job. So it means I stand guard every day, without any real break. Sure, I get one…

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]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/piss-off-beacon-community-services/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/just-because-they-are-old-doesnt/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/just-because-they-are-old-doesnt/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:42:53 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=386 Share|Elder people sometimes are thought of as being adled, or senile. Some maybe, but many simply retreat into a shell. It's about fear, about not knowing, and that is one more reason why one not only has to choose their words, but control their expressions, their body language.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/just-because-they-are-old-doesnt/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/home-support-workers-a-few-questions/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/home-support-workers-a-few-questions/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:18:49 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=380 Share|It would seem to me, that caring for someone old, is more about common sense, than anything. Yet consistently, substitute workers seem incapable of basic caring skills. Such as claiming to know how specialized creams should be applied, when they don't even know what the creams are, that have been prescribed.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2010/10/home-support-workers-a-few-questions/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/09/no-rest-for-the-wicked/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/09/no-rest-for-the-wicked/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:00:55 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=367 Share|Caring every hour and every day takes its toll. There is no 'call in sick' option for those of us who are 24/7 care givers. I feel sick, but I can't go back to bed, leave her alone. I have to be on the job. Calling in a relief worker won't do, because their qualifications are suspect, which means the relief would be non existent. This is care giving 101.

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