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- After the recent talks here about looking for a suitable place if the time comes to need a skilled care facility, I decided to ask Mom where she would like to stay.... if she broke a hip or something and had to stay in a rehab place. That is about...
- Hi, I know a couple of you from caring for aging parents. I put a post there about dementia in context with other conversations. I would just like to share a resource here. It is more task specific information. That meaning that not all of any sort...
- Hi There. Recent reading of discussions brought this website to mind. Maybe it has been posted or someone has talked about it. Perhaps it is a review. For anyone interested, there are specific types of dementia. 8 in their summary.This is a time I...
- Well, I have done it now. Began a new job so I could sleep at night and be home morning til early afternoon. Came home to a mad mom. I walked in and said hello!!She answered by saying don't you say hello to your Mother. Huh?Perhaps you didn't hear...
- Well, I have been away from here dealing with my family. Mom is hard enough. Now it is my sister and her 2 adult kids.No matter the details the issue is that I can not handle an additional care giver role. My sister is suicidal and wont stay on...
- So a few weeks ago I had the 911 scare with Mom and was stuck at work. It turned out ok eventually.Since then, we got a nebulizer and have improved the pulse ox number and cough. Now the white count is up to 13. After two courses of antibiotics. We...
- I work 3rd shift and got a call that Mom went by ambulance to ER.The irony is that my sister was on the phone w me. Sis is getting a divorce and has trouble sleeping. I am free at work for the most of shift.So I get calls.To leave work would mean...
- This is a true story. My Mom allowed me to put a flower garden in the front next to side walk. It was just going to be a few. Well...it is 20 ft by 10 ft and we have $$ in it now. But it gives mom something to see and tell all that she made it :-D ....
- I am just tired of having many relatives and no one calling or coming to see mom.So, I got Mom a new computer with a big monitor. It also has a camera. We went to Skype and found one of my Bros.What he realized is that it is cheaper and easier than...
- I just want to say thanks to everyone who share their lives here. What we learn by experience can bring awesome advice.Lives really don't have to be the same. We are different in all ways. Yet the caring and breaking down advice as we go has been a...
- I can not imagine my Mom hearing the things she says to me at times.She was not as mean when I was a kid. It was how she made me do what she wanted. I did not care for her awful way and it was easier to cave. Now, she does not always know. I can...
- Well, if you have not gotten into plants and flowers and you stay at home with a parent, maybe this season can bring you some space.I began with containers and still prefer since bending at the waist is so hard on my back. Still, I make my way down...
- My mom is not taking her meds and so daily experiences with her a a carnival ride. Not certain which ride but I can tell we are on one of them.It is tiring, and the lack of consistency is the only constant I can see in this pattern of abuse. She is...
- My word. A year ago, things were so extreme with my Mom. Could not catch a break. Not that I was trying to change her but the situation could not stay like it was.Mom has memory issues plus dementia and can hide it well. Meds made her better behaved...
- Last evening I took Mom to a prompt care because her urine was the color of cranberry juice. They have the lab and are part of a hospital so she was ok going there.The nurse told mom she had a UTI and that it must hurt. Mom said no. We all said...