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You know you are a caregiver if you are broke 45 minutes after getting paid. By the time you buy Depends, wipes, meds, pay the caregiver, fill your tank with gas to get you to appointments and a totally unfulfilling full-time JOB, and get a week's worth of groceries (that you need to stretch to last 2 weeks). All so you can get up every day and do the same thing until the next paycheck.
A middle-aged lady is going for a walk on Valentine's Day and comes across a talking toad. The toad says to her "kiss me and I'll turn into a prince." The lady picks up the toad, puts it in her pocket, and continues walking. After a few minutes the toad asks her "well, aren't you going to kiss me?" The lady responds "no, at my age I'd rather have a talking toad."
Glad I dont think I expressed that very well after a reread. i was referring to knowing what volume is good for Moms hearing aid by the squeling sound but dont get a chance to often to put on the ear plugs and listen to music for fear I will not hear what she is up to. She's a rascal some times.
Posted similar elsewhere but here it is: when your shopping cart has 2 kinds of depends, big jar of Vaseline, ex lg tub of butt wipes, crappy micro food junk that old folks must have, and quart of cheap vodka. Aka, caregiver nerve tonic.
When you're at moms rehab joint and you hear a huge groan of relief from down the hall, a horrible splashing sound, and a staff member sticks her head out of a room and yells, "We need a mop and some towels down here like right f....ing now!!"
Windy if my Moms rehab was that unprofessional she wouldnt be there to begin with. Yelling anything around people with dementia issues always makes matters worse. I know this is suppose to be funny and I hope you're jok'in darl'in.
Windy, that sounds like what happened when my dad came down with C-Diff in the nursing home...which causes unbelievably bad-smelling BM's. One CNA came running out of the room, right in front of mom and I (waiting in the hall for dad to be cleaned up), laughing out loud, making fake gagging noises and saying, "Oh my GOD, that's SO bad!" I can't imagine how humiliated my dad was...I know I was FURIOUS.
Panapal, my Mom's hearing aids squeal when they are not in correctly. She has custom molds that go into the ear because her ear canals have narrowed so much. The regular plastic/rubber tips do not work for her because they will not go in far enough, so they always squeal and she cannot hear a thing unless the hearing aid is in all the way.
Panapal, it's a true story and the rehab place was actually very good. This poor lady obviously was having a bad day. I'd guess if you or I worked in on of these places 40 or more hours per week for the low pay these folks get we'd be dropping the occasional F Bomb ourselves .
HaHa, I sometimes drop the F bomb when dealing with my mother's bowel problems, I can not imagine having to deal with it for a living. It maybe was unprofessional, but those aides are only human.
Ah! I didn't see this was already established..I had the same idea and wondered why mine was lonely on the board!!
You know you are a caregiver if.....you want everyone in the world to have to personally care for an ALZ patient so that awareness is raised to the utmost urgency.
You record every single program that YOU like, so that your loved one can watch I Love Lucy, Blue Bloods, Little House on the Prairie and the Waltons all day - and you watch your recorded programs at night in your room.
You breathe a sigh of relief when they have to go into the hospital because it means you have a little peace and quiet in the house for a little while. (Is that a bad thing to say? )
Gospel, I know what you mean! All the times mom and dad went to the hospital, and spent several days, I enjoyed the peace and quiet of the house. Like you, I felt guilty about feeling that way. Worse, when you keep hoping that the hospital will keep them just one more day.
Susan, I tried to watch The Wire - shows how long ago it was that I took much interest in contemporary cutting edge t.v. - the year I moved in with my mother before we moved here. She couldn't keep up with the dialogue. Just as well, really, but because she insisted on my explaining every scene it wasn't long 'til I gave up.
Gospel, it's not a bad thing to say but it only half works! - you spend nearly as much time blatting back and forth to the hospital as you do caregiving at home, don't you find?
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
A.
I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
When you can pegged the seat belt slot from outside the car in one smooth motion and hit it every time.
When you can adjust volume by feedback (hearing aids) and forget where the adjustment is on your Android.
We are a talented bunch here, arent we? : |
We sure learn from each other.
You know you are a caregiver if.....you want everyone in the world to have to personally care for an ALZ patient so that awareness is raised to the utmost urgency.
You record every single program that YOU like, so that your loved one can watch I Love Lucy, Blue Bloods, Little House on the Prairie and the Waltons all day - and you watch your recorded programs at night in your room.
Gospel, it's not a bad thing to say but it only half works! - you spend nearly as much time blatting back and forth to the hospital as you do caregiving at home, don't you find?