I arrived at mom’s very early today and she was sleeping. I went to get her fresh water in her pitcher and ice water in her cup. When I returned with her water, mom said, “I have been waiting for you for a long time.” I told her she was fibbing and that I was there already and she was asleep. Gotcha! We laughed and I fixed her in the bed and put her hearing aids in and her glasses on. The PT came in and asked how everything went yesterday. He felt bad that mom didn’t do her best in front of the nurse. I asked him about the transport chair and he said that it what he wants her to have. He said the only reason you get a “wheelchair” for a person is if they are sitting in it all day, but mom will be sitting on her chairs and couch. He said it is durable enough to take out to stores and doctor’s appointments.
The PT left and mom and I were talking. I had on the TV show “Sell This House” where they fix up a house so they can sell it. They had a very messy and dirty house on and mom said, “That’s what my house must look like.” I told her it doesn’t and that it is clean. She then said, “So we have a cleaning lady?” (This concept is foreign to mom’s generation – she can’t wrap her head around it) I told her yes and mom said, “She lives there?” I said, “No! What do you think, you have Hazel living with you?” Mom cracked up! I told her the woman comes every other week and mom said, “That’s not enough!” I reassured her that it is fine and that dad cleans in between.
After breakfast, I did a newspaper worksheet. It was a different kind of worksheet in that you used a real newspaper to answer the questions. I bought her a Newsday, so we used that. The questions were related to the index and what page different things were on. She answered every question. I also gave her a life skill worksheet that worked on food labels. They show you a food label on a specific product and ask questions such as, how many calories are in this?
The CNA’s came in to take mom to the bathroom and while she was unavailable, Sammy called. Sammy calls mom everyday! I told her mom would call her back.
John came to see mom. Mom was surprised to see him. I finished primping mom and John stayed with mom. I had to leave to go to dad to help him with some things in the house. Kathy stopped by for a quick visit and left to do homework.
John and mom watched the food network. They did the Logic Link puzzle. John had to prompt her a lot but she attended to the activity and sometimes that’s all we can ask for. John did fine motor activities – square, circle and triangle on the rods. She did great and rolled her eyes as if it were too easy. Lunch came and it was chicken on the bone (so safe for people in nursing care!) John was freaking out that they had bones and he tried to pull the meat off of the bone (with a fork and knife of course!) but mom was getting angry and said she could eat it fine. John watched so carefully, but mom did great. He cleaned her up after lunch and Angelo called. John spoke to him for a while. Terry came next and John left.
Dad came after Terry and they stayed with mom until she fell asleep. I didn’t get to talk to them to see what they did, but I will add it tomorrow.
Peace and Be Well,
~Claud
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