Saturday, October 24, 2015

A meeting

Hello again

Excuse me for not writing sooner, but I have been preparing for a meeting with staff of AL Hogg and my mother's case manager from the PGT.

This meeting acording to the PGT is to deal with communication. This is further from the truth than anyone could say.

It is about abuse, taking away from my mother.

One example. The hand blender broke, so I cannot make smoothies for my mother at the moment.. I ask for assistance with this, a proper blender. NO ANSWER FROM THE PGT. They want me to go through AL Hogg, So I ask the manger to make the request for me.

First of all she tells me that this is not for them to be making decisions on. She is not my mother and does not control my mother's funds. (The manager of Al Hogg is who I am writing about now.) But the manager does it anyways. We get along very well.

Still no answer from the PGT.

Then I receive a letter from the supervisor CK. Telling me that we had this discussion in previous emails where all requests need to go through Al Hogg.

But it did!

To lazy to read the emails or it is the case manager who neglected to inform the supervisor that this happened.

So mom is now going without thanks to the PGT. This is ABUSE. This is the definition of ABUSE. To deny access to................

The meeting is this Wednesday.

She writes me and tells me that I should come into this meeting with an open mind.

I have been writing about the abuse at the hands of the PGT for over 7 years now. And nothing has changed.

Now I have to deal with a case manager who is a bigot, is completely discriminatory in her dealing with  me.

According to KB I am lessor of a person because I don't work.

Though I am taking care of my mother every single day and have been for many, many years. Sure I don't get paid to do this. But I should not be. It is my job to look after my mother as she took care of me.

This first email is about the meeting and the threats that are being made. To take away from what my mother is currently getting. ABUSE

And most of what is to be discussed is of no concern of the PGT They cannot get involved in the care of my mother. They do not make any decision on this matter. and cannot.

The second email is a response and further threats.

This case manage is trying to use the PGT and her position to circumvent my decisions when it comes to my mother.

The PGT just doesn't get it. I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE PGT! At all ................... I will do whatever it takes to stop them from abusing my mother.

Since I am poor I am considered indigent and can file any and all the court papers I want for free. FREE!

CK the supervisor whats me to come into the meeting with an open mind. I have dealt with the PGT for over a decade and have seen the abuse. Not to mention the dozens of letters I have received with complaints about the PGT.

Mad, yes I am very mad.

Read the emails below. Really read them. Read between the lines.



Hi Kris,

We have been discussing the meeting at the facility today and what we would think would be the points of discussion regarding your mother’s care.  We don’t have a formal agenda but you can expect that the following issues will be discussed:

Care Team issues/concerns 
Family issues/concerns
Requests for funds for your mother’s needs- direct billing to suppliers, allowances that are currently being provided and what needs to be adjusted
Modified Clothing needs
Feeding issues- what is appropriate, swallowing issues, what the facility provides, any additional issues that the care team staff may have
Current needs of your mother and who will be providing for these – facility vs family
Anticipated needs of your mother in the future

These are the issues that we would like discussed on our end.  Please note I have put in both the Care Team’s issues and the family issues on the list but I don’t know the specifics of what you will be wanting to discuss and what the care team may want to talk about.

My staff is not going to consider any further requests before the meeting. I thought that we had been clear in my previous email that these would need to come to our office through the facility.  The request that you have made for a blender can be discussed at the meeting.  Approval for this would need to come through the care team as it directly relates to the swallowing issues that your mother has and what they think is appropriate for your mother at this time. 

As I indicated in my last email to you as well, the meeting will result in some changes being made about who is providing what for your mother and this may result in a change to the funds that are being provided to  you.  This is part of the discussion that my staff will want to explore with both you and the care team at the meeting. 


Email #2

It’s unfortunate that you feel that the meeting isn’t about your mother and is about you.  You are not the focus of the meeting the current and future needs of your mother is what is being discussed.  As you have been intimately involved in providing things for your mother the discussion may impact going forward but again, this is directly related to your mother’s needs. 

We are still planning to have a productive meeting at the facility with you and your mother’s care team.  And we hope that you will come to the discussion table with an open mind.  There will be some changes but what these changes will be is what we will discuss next week. 

Please pray that GOD stands beside me through out this meeting. 

GOD bless and good night.

Kris Schmuland

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Game time!

Hello again

Well today mom has had an upset stomach. And because of it she was not eating well. Mom ate, but not all that much. I should of had her changed before dinner. But mom wanted her hair done today. Being Wednesday and one of her hair wash days, which I do for her.

So I tried to get mom to eat more, but no. So we just went onto dessert, which mom was still reluctant to eat. What it was, is that mom was not opening her mouth wide enough for me to get the food into her mouth. But we did succeed after a while of trying.

Then off we went to wash her hair. And mom complained, at this point all she wanted to do was get changed and into bed. I washed her hair and dried it as fast as I could. Then I got her changed for bed.

It was as expected. We dealt with it and I gave mom her nightly spa treatment and neck massage. This neck massage includes her shoulders. This is helping mom's left arm move better. Easier. It will take time  I feel bad that I didn't do this years ago, maybe, by now, mom would be able to use her left hand and arm again.

So by the time I was ready to leave, mom had another accident. I informed the staff, but I needed to leave. As it was I arrived back at 11:00 pm. Now I am just trying to get a few things done.

So the PGT is at there same games. Well KB is trying to play a game with me The PGT should know better by now. I don't play well with others.

If it is a game they want bring it on. I am already in the process of doing something about it.

This case manager KB, refuses to speak with me, and the case manager coordinator does as well.

KB is the case manager for my mother and they are the PGT, And I am my mother's voice, so they will be speaking with me.

This KB is discriminating against me. She see's me as a lesser of a person.  Even with over a decade of experience taking care of my ailing parents, knowing as much or more than the average care aid. And all the research I have done, plus, plus, plus She will not listen to anything I have to say.

KB does however, like to make things up. I have caught her every single time. And will continue to do so.

Look,, I can read people, I can read a situation, I can read how someone writes. And I will use this............ and do.

But I need to go now, I have to write KB's supervisor.

Please pray for mom and I, we need yours prayers.

GOD bless and good night.

Kristopher Schmuland.

Monday, October 19, 2015

I wish it would finally rain, come on now.

Hello again.

Again it has been a few days since my last post, but I did not want to write as I am extremely broke and just didn't want to bring it up or talk about it. To the point where I have not even groceries. This is now an forced fast. Like the poem of Poor Mother Hubbard and her cupboards were bare. My cupboards are always bare, as I can't eat canned food. I get sick. It is my fridge is empty. It was easy to clean though.

Now mom has been doing well. Yesterday, being Saturday, she was in bed, and of course they have nothing on. No TV, no stereo. I even brought this up with management. I just asked that they turn her bed so she can see the TV. Simple isn't it. One would seem to think it would be. But to these care aids, it is to much work.  And they just don't give a crap about anyone but themselves.

Time for a sign. Or to go in really early on Saturday and just give them shit. That is what I am going to do.

But mom is OK anyways. It has just been quiet the last few days.

I have brought mom dinners up until tonight. I didn't have anything to make her and the same goes for the next few days. Nothing. I don't even have the funds to purchase her a needed blender to make her smoothies with.

The one I had, which by the way, I purchased last spring, died while I was making mom's last smoothie. I was just about done and the hand blender just stopped. I then used the blender as a masher, which left lumps in the smoothie. Mom will be out of her smoothie within a day or two and then, well you get it. I won't be able to make her one.

No chocolate either for mom for a few days. She has never been without her chocolates, or smoothie or fruit, since she has been in White Rock.

What is important is I feel like a complete looser.

I only want to take care of my mother and since I am disabled and now with Parkinson's, This is all I want to do.

My Parkinson's has been acting up. Since I had to use the hand blender as a masher. My right arm has been to weak to type for any length of time. It is a little better today. But it is getting tired already.

Now mom was in bed today,again. Funny, I knew this, this morning. That mom would be in bed. They say I am an empath. I can feel others. Which is true. I know things about people and situations. Allot of the time I just don't want to know.

Now mom was in bed as she had an accident today. So they cleaned her up. But from what I saw and her clothing. This never happened. Again to f... in lazy. Or something. Her chair was't dirty or her clothing. No smell or anything.

So I fed mom what I could. I did have some crackers and she had some cheese, so that was the start of the meal while we waited for the served meal.

By the time she was finished her meal, she was tired and was starting to fall asleep. Mom just wanted to hold my hand close to her, while we waited for the staff to come in.

Then mom only wanted me to do her arms and face.

I did this for her and then just held her hand. I needed to leave. For what I really don't know. I went the long way back tonight and I got back 15 minutes earlier than going my normal way.

Well enough of my complaining for today.

Please continue to pray if you do this for mom and I


GOD bless and good night

Kris Schmuland