Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Plus hoca wanted me to have my private aides shower her and I told them I pay a higher daily rate for them to do it - as it is my overnight weekend caregiver will shower her on Sunday mornings and another one has given her showers in the afternoon if she's had a diarrhea accident
Hoca staff is constantly changing and even if they have someone who will work with her they switch them out all the time and back
In February two hoca staff dropped her in the shower at night
It's exhausting - two of their long time aides told me how tired they were last night
Mom has always hated washing her hair in the shower and having water run in her eyes and ears so I tried to handle that part and keep her from scratching the aid as she tried to soap mom up - lord only knows what actually got soaped and rinsed but oh well
We got her lotioned and powdered and I took her out with a towel to dry her hair - otherwise they'd put her to bed with wet hair
Seems the beauty salon is only open once a week in the morning when I don't have a private caregiver with mom so she hasn't had a cut since before Xmas and is looking unkempt
Luckily I had my little hair trimming scissors with me and decide to trim mom's hair - as she started to doze off with her leaning forward I was having a hard time keeping the cut even especially as I thought I'd get fancy and give her some layers for a little bounce - good thing she won't notice the unevenness - ha ha
You can download 5 free articles a month from the NY times website - I peruse the headlines just to keep up with current events
But I guess the winner was Cloud Computing and Classic Empire second. The favorite, Always Dreaming, faded, maybe was last.
So much for sports for me, that's it!
No live streaming of a n y t h i n g when dH is not here.
Will I be okay? I don't know....
Maybe the plastic owls belong to people who have rats?
I don't know for sure-maybe the owls are just decorative and were ON SALE at Big Lots.
What are they supposed to deter, anyway? Is it a myth?
Why is your neighbourhood infested with plastic owls, anyway? Whose are they?
Your posts are interesting Gershun, in an ' I like it, rebellious, crazy sort of way'. You can hold your own in a conversation with the best of them, imo.
Even MsMadge had a wasp story and I liked that too.
:)
Caregiver's Cats Behaving Badly:
Gershun
about 10 hours ago
I went on holiday to Hawaii for a week. My Mom and brother were looking in on the cats every day. I kept the balcony ajar just a bit for them cause the litter box was out there. When I got back from my vacation I discovered a wasp making a hive in my cat's scratching post. I looked back and remembered that before I had left for my holiday that I would be watching t.v. and see a wasp fly into my place and then just disappear. I guess it was disappearing into the scratching post. You know those scratching posts that have a little area where cats can disappear. Well, the wasp thought that was a great place to build a hive. Yikes!! I stuck a broom handle into the hive and destroyed it. Boy, was that wasp mad. I had to keep my balcony shut cause I could see that wasp trying to get back in every day. LOL
Gershun, they may come back the next year....muwahhhha!
My bad....it is now the story of 'who moved my cheese'.
It was me, Gershun. I referenced your story on this thread, and coulda, shoulda woulda
answered it on that thread....but I didn't want to, Lol.
Reading the wasp story...now Hawaii is a great vacation. Even better the more you go.
It is peaceful there. Can someone go with you?
Without going into what my dH has done, I will be silent about that.
But I want you to know I understand your frustration, literally.
It's not you, it's them.
Sometimes the only way to cope is to leave the house.
When Gershun started this thread, she said we could talk about anything, and off topic is okay too. Actually, Gershun is pretty cool about e v e r y t h i n g
when it comes to her caregiver friends!
Sorry that this present time is even harder on you, and there is sadness.
{{{Hugs}}}} Yes, hugs all around!
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Who is suggesting that you become employed as a PSW/CNA?
Maybe others, somewhere else? But when I said 'once a caregiver, always a caregiver', I was making reference to you helping your sister, that you have a good heart for helping others evidenced by helping in your free time.
Maybe there is a reference to you seeking a job somewhere else that I didn't see yet, but I was not commenting on job suggestions.
Whatever paid job you seek, I am sure you will do well.
Please private message me if I have offended you in any way.
I have never smoked, but my doctor said to take calcium for osteopenia.
Another doctor prior to this had said to stop taking calcium (but I wasn't), Lol. Time for a new doctor. I will take notes.
Thank you Luckylu for that heads up on the Prolia...but very expensive.
I am going to study this.
Out of love, can you sneak some of that stuff out of there?
When you find success, let me know.
How does one help others from hoarding, instead of humiliating them on T.V. with therapists pushing them into a breakdown?
Once a caregiver, always a caregiver. There you are, already helping others with your free time. You are the energizer bunny! Must be all that great italian food you have been eating lately. Pasta, pasta, pasta!
I thought we could dedicate the extra bedrooms into sell, keep and toss areas, but OMG they are all full too. And so we shifted stuff from one pile to another, but nothing major leaves the house and I know that in a few weeks we will have to go through the same piles all over again.