What can I do? She is on various medications for physical ailments but has got a sharp mind. What can I do to help her during the pandemic? She doesn’t want to go to a nursing home or assisted living-her husband (my dad) was a veteran of WWII Iwa Jima and was medically discharged due to PTSD and she is eligible for assistance.
My 93 year old mother has been saying she wants to die for a couple of years now. I don’t really thinks she wants to because she takes all her vitamins and supplements everyday and gets up and walks about every hour. She is showing some mental decline, but does everything to keep her mind active. I’m sure she would like to go into the after-life to be with my dad and her siblings/parents, but she is not showing any signs of giving up.
A chaplain once told me that the mind, body, and spirit all have to be in alignment before death can come. If one of them is not ready, then it will not happen. I did see this with my MIL who died a year ago. Her body and mind were wracked with Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s, but her spirit was not ready to leave. She wanted to hang on and be a part everything. It wasn’t until the day before she died that her spirit was being transformed. She had a horrible day of trying to fight it, but became more and more accepting of it before she passed.
My mother may think logically in her mind that she want to pass, but her body and spirit are not ready.
I don’t really know what to say on the pandemic. It doesn’t seem like a good time to go to AL, unless of course your circumstances are such that caring for her is too much.
There are many great minds on this forum who can give you better advice. My thoughts are with you and your mom.
Corona virus... gosh, wish that would just "disappear",, but not likely.
veterans WWII Iwa Jima, you mentioned. Can they help in any way, or have programs? In what ways can they help? Can they help you if you take mom into your home?
I know people who have been affected by coronavirus,, and it's so hard to wrap the brain around as to how quickly this engulfed the world...it is effecting everyone... :(