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*c/p from another thread I have out here, but all the same, great news today!!!*
HOSPICE came in and did an assessment! Score!!!!
Gma is now under Hospice care, they are going to get a HHA to come in a bathe her 3Xw... I am freaking ecstatic!!!!!!
Also about the Respite.... yes, they offer to take her in to a facility of sorts, she can go 5 days at a time... believe it is once a month. I don't care, but I am so happy about that!
Even if I got TWO FULL DAYS where I did not have to wake up, get baby fed and changed, get 4yr up-fed-changed so I can get gma bathed-dressed-breakfast ... and of course sit in my house waiting on her to say she needs to pee/poop... OMG, what a blessing this has been today!
Also, the intake nurse told us that they will provide her with a bed/wheelchair/Oxygen, etc...
~we already had these things, but at a VERY PRICEY payment we had these already.
Well, Hospice does not charge us AT ALL FOR ANY OF IT!!!
The RN said she would have these thing delivered today, omg, freaking 4 hrs later.. BAM!
HOSPICE came in and did an assessment! Score!!!!
Gma is now under Hospice care, they are going to get a HHA to come in a bathe her 3Xw... I am freaking ecstatic!!!!!!
Also about the Respite.... yes, they offer to take her in to a facility of sorts, she can go 5 days at a time... believe it is once a month. I don't care, but I am so happy about that!
Even if I got TWO FULL DAYS where I did not have to wake up, get baby fed and changed, get 4yr up-fed-changed so I can get gma bathed-dressed-breakfast ... and of course sit in my house waiting on her to say she needs to pee/poop... OMG, what a blessing this has been today!
Also, the intake nurse told us that they will provide her with a bed/wheelchair/Oxygen, etc...
~we already had these things, but at a VERY PRICEY payment we had these already.
Well, Hospice does not charge us AT ALL FOR ANY OF IT!!!
The RN said she would have these thing delivered today, omg, freaking 4 hrs later.. BAM!
So happy for you, Casey!!!!!
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It has been a while since I have been here... probably NOT a good thing.. but....
WE got Hospice Care in the home... they offered the 6d/5n RESPITE for caregivers... we of course JUMPED on the opportunity of having a few days to live..
Now, we... well I KNOW I am beating myself up for wanting the time off.. for taking the time off.. for putting gma into a nursing home.
She went on the 20th... and was to be there until TODAY, the 25th. She has been home since the afternoon of the 23rd when she was discharged from the ER.
Oh, its so damn sad! so so so so so damn sad.
Please excuse the pictures, they are not kind to the weak stomach!
but, this is how the nursing home that was giving us the RESPITE treated grandma... mind you, they 'say'
"we found her in the bed like THAT"
wtf, the woman canNOT get out of bed herself, has not gotten herself out of bed or a chair in 2.5+ years!!!!!!!!
WE got Hospice Care in the home... they offered the 6d/5n RESPITE for caregivers... we of course JUMPED on the opportunity of having a few days to live..
Now, we... well I KNOW I am beating myself up for wanting the time off.. for taking the time off.. for putting gma into a nursing home.
She went on the 20th... and was to be there until TODAY, the 25th. She has been home since the afternoon of the 23rd when she was discharged from the ER.
Oh, its so damn sad! so so so so so damn sad.
Please excuse the pictures, they are not kind to the weak stomach!
but, this is how the nursing home that was giving us the RESPITE treated grandma... mind you, they 'say'
"we found her in the bed like THAT"
wtf, the woman canNOT get out of bed herself, has not gotten herself out of bed or a chair in 2.5+ years!!!!!!!!
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It is so bad... the bone was exposed... its a 2X2.5" gash in her leg... this was done by an AID who was getting her ready the morning of the 23rd... she did this with her freaking HAND!!!
Of course, the nursing home is sticking to "was found in bed like THAT"
So sickening... and heartbreaking... and hard to deal with!
Of course, the nursing home is sticking to "was found in bed like THAT"
So sickening... and heartbreaking... and hard to deal with!
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well, gma is 101yrs old.. her skin is not that of a 30yr old.. it IS paper thin... its is OBVIOUS that the woman (typed lightly calling this PERSON a woman) used some serious anger on gma leg!!!
The ER doc told us, and of course, documented that *THIS* type of injury is conducive to a "severe force" injury.. that this was in NO WAY an accidental injury by another person!!!
The ER doc told us, and of course, documented that *THIS* type of injury is conducive to a "severe force" injury.. that this was in NO WAY an accidental injury by another person!!!
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