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/2011/10/and-the-killing-continues/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/10/and-the-killing-continues/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:22:25 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/2011/10/and-the-killing-continues/ Share|Once more Beacon Community Services has shown that they are incapable of managing health care for Seniors, for anyone really. Simple ability to look up a patient's name, to ascertain why they called in the first place is too much for their Sunday staff. They just can't type, or maybe it is they can't read? Certainly isn't the computer, but hell, that's what they'll blame. Another screw up that helps quicken Mom's end. Like she needs more stress, more uncertainty in her life? According to BCS she does, which is why they are willing to provide that added stress, those added worries, when they should be concerned about helping her avoid them. Listening VIHA?

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2011/10/and-the-killing-continues/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/08/training-counts/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/08/training-counts/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:01:31 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=321 Share|Substitute or regular, a worker needs to understand the foibles associated with caring for someone that is in their Nineties. You need to speak louder, you need to be gentle but thorough. It comes down to proper training, which simply isn't being done.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2010/08/training-counts/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/02/going-it-alone/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/02/going-it-alone/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:09:35 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=184 Share|It really is a lonely life, being the primary caregiver for one's mother. Your partner is supposed to be there, but then, maybe they shouldn't be? It is lonely, not knowing what to do, or just not being able to discuss it. Perhaps that is why we unburden ourselves, online, or maybe it is just a pitiful excuse to not accept the reality of life, of human frailty?

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2010/02/going-it-alone/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2009/12/now-i-dont-talk-enough/ http://mymotherslife.com/2009/12/now-i-dont-talk-enough/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:16:40 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=154 Share|It isn't about making sure the pills are there, that food is put in front of them. It is about the emotional roller coaster one rides, in dealing with elder care. What you used to be able to say, you can't now. What you want to do, you can't do, or if you do, you have to do it quickly. Daily chores no longer can be put off, because tomorrow, or later, you will need the clothes that are dirty, or to add to the garbage pail. Dishes can't stack up for a day, because they too might be needed. It is never ending, and yet, it will end, and then what?

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2009/12/now-i-dont-talk-enough/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2009/07/heat-drinking-dehydration/ http://mymotherslife.com/2009/07/heat-drinking-dehydration/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:52:11 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=16 Share|Hot days are nice, but not if you are aged. Heat zaps your strength, but it also dehydrates a person, and as one gets older, they have swallowing issues. It isn't easy, to drink and yet it is essential. Strange how you can explain it till you are blue in the face, but it makes no difference. The fear of choking is greater.

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