Hello again
Today was a bowel care day for mom. Which means she was in bed when I arrived today. I found this out by looking all over the place for mom and then down to her room. To find her in bed.
I immediately go to the nurses station to find out why mom was in bed. The nurse had no idea why. It was someone else that took the time to look in the daily log and tell me that it is a bowel care day for mom and she must still be leaking, so they kept her in bed.
But her TV was not on, just the radio, and at a very low volume. I don't even think mom could here it. Then again I am loosing my hearing so what do I know.
Anyway, mom was in a bad mood because of this, being in bed all day, with nobody around her, no entertainment, no TV. Just lying there by herself all day long.
Is this care? I think not!
This, in my opinion is abuse. No one wants to be stuck in bed with nothing to do, but stare at the walls. Especially when one has a perfectly good TV, a LCD at that, right there.
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Come on!
It was hard to get mom to eat, when she is this mood, the last thing she wants to do is eat. But I did get her to eat. A nice omelet, plus the beef she was served, the avocado and then her daily papaya. Even getting her to drink was difficult at first. It just took time and then it was OK.
She was so tired and bored. I quickly gave her the nightly spa treatment. Of course made sure her teeth were brushed.....
I had to go and do her dishes, and when I got back, mom was ready to sleep. It did not take long for mom to fall asleep. She reached for my hand and pulled it close to her, and off to sleep she went. She just needed to know that there was someone there that loved her.
A little trick to get someone who is with dementia is to hold the drink up to their upper lip. The bottom lip will open automatically.
Now the more I use my right arm, the less I can use it. It hurts my neck and shoulder.
I went to the doctor today to get him to send me for xrays, but I needed refills on my medication, so he wouldn't deal with the ICBC issue. He told me that he tells his patients that if it is WCB/ICBC to ony deal with this when seeing him. So now I need to go back next Tuesday to get this taken care of.
Great I think not. But I do understand. Keep it separate from everything else.
I am in serious pain today, I needed to take an extra painkiller
Enough about this. I will be calling ICBC tomorrow and letting them know this accident is causing me great discomfort and causing me extreme stress
GOD bless and good night
Kris Schmuland
