hey guys --

haven't checked in awhile.  things have been crazy with my dad (77) --- have gone from bad to worse.  sigh.  but i keep trucking along.

he has been in in-patient physical therapysince november.  he went in to one facility - was there 2 weeks.  they really didn't want to work with him - IMO - sent him home.  in a week he was worse than he was. went to the hospital - off to another facility.  was doing well -- was a few days from coming home - around christmas time, he got hit with a nasty bug - almost pneumonia.  they sent him to the hospital - he was there about a week --- he lost momentum in therapy because of being so sick - and ended up going back after he was discharged from the hospital.  got back to work - had a new date to come home, about 2 weeks before his date - he had a huge seizure - lasted 3 hours. back to the hospital - there for about 4 or 5 days to get the seizures under control.  the seizure left him even weaker - sigh.  so, here we are -- march.  he is coming home this weekend -- do they think he is ready?  no.  why is he --- ran out of time insurance will pay for it.

he lives by himself -- he refuses to look into assisted living - or to move in with us.  i live about 10 minutes away.

i've been scrambling to get a stair lift (have it, needs to be installed) - have interviews tomorrow with home aides to come in a few hours a day - i need to go over to clean out the fridge and will need to get groceries and stuff for him -- the list goes on and on.

sometimes i feel like i'm bearly treading water ---

anyone have any tips -- for getting this all to run smoother?  lol

any suggestions -- anything i might be missing?

i need to get him signed up with the office of the aging to help with $ for aides.  need to look into signing him up for vet benefits --- sigh.  soooo much.

any thoughts on good medical alert button service?  will medicare pay for an of it?

anyway --- any tips appreciated ;)

--d