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…

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/it-is-just-too-much-some-days/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/the-yellow-book/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/the-yellow-book/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:38:35 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=741 Share|Fact is that outsourcing health care to private companies can be beneficial, but in order for it to be effective, the Government must oversee such operations. They cannot rely on Patients to complain, because they are scared of losing that necessary home care. It is essential that any private agency tasked with home support, maintain a free and open line of communication with its patients, and workers. They cannot be arbitrary, or dictatorial in how they take negative feedback. Nor should patients be made to feel they will be penalized for speaking out. Nor should workers. Communications must be maintained, but without fear. Yellow Books are fine, but what is really needed is consistent communication between workers, patients, and Management. VIHA should be overseeing the operation, not waiting for the complaints to roll in.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/the-yellow-book/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/01/consistency-qualified-allows-for-adaption/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/01/consistency-qualified-allows-for-adaption/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:14:32 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=736 Share|It wouldn't be an issue, if the majority of home support workers were properly trained and qualified. However they aren't, and many can't even communicate in English, so we put our Seniors at huge risk. It prevents those who care, from adapting situations, because they are uncertain if any qualified help will be coming later, or if the person scheduled to show up, will be who does show up. Uncertainty creates stress, creates a risk to the safety of the Patient. That is a fact, no matter how Beacon Community Services and VIHA want to spin it.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2012/01/consistency-qualified-allows-for-adaption/feed/ 2 http://mymotherslife.com/2012/01/the-process-of-dying/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/01/the-process-of-dying/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:03:11 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=720 Share|Life is hard enough, but when we fail to do our job, with compassion, with common sense, we impact others, in a negative way. Polite way of saying that we hasten their demise, death. This is what happens when those at the top of the scale are more interested in how many new cars they can buy, how many summer homes they have, than about insuring their product, service, is the best it can be. It filters down, so that many simply don't care, wrapped up in their own struggle to just survive todays Corporate Run World.

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