Maybe they could work out something where your folks still share a room but the attendant is just outside or has a monitor?
I think she would still wake up though? I don't know.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 4:55:07 pm PDT #3250 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Aug 21, 2013 4:55:55 pm PDT #3251 of 30000
His need of care will only increase, so a nursing home, while seeming like a big step, fits in the continuum. I really like this model: [link] (which happens to be just across the street from me.) Especially since it is on a campus with senior apartments, so a transition from independent living to more skilled care could be made much more seamless.
I keep thinking I need to contact them and see if they'd be interested in a volunteer. Maybe even bring Loki in as a therapy cat;)
I keep telling my parents that the minute they start ever even *thinking* that they need to be closer/need help, we really ought to see about putting them on the waitlists for whichever is appropriate. Even if I suspect my SIL would make them move in with them first. And I can't see them ever wanting to leave Cruces.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 4:57:10 pm PDT #3252 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
His need of care will only increase, so a nursing home, while seeming like a big step, fits in the continuum.
Yeah, we both think that, too. And the nice place is nice -- doesn't feel like a hospital, according to my mother. So that may be the answer.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2013 5:23:59 pm PDT #3253 of 30000
brillig
Pinterest is interesting. My most commonly repinned picture is one of a typical 12x12 dorm room at my alma mater. I guess design ideas for dorm rooms are a big thing.
Theodosia - Aug 21, 2013 5:30:47 pm PDT #3254 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've already forgotten what SMH means. And I'm too tired to go back and scan for it. Sorry, just a bit of a down day.
-t - Aug 21, 2013 5:32:24 pm PDT #3255 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sticking with Sarah Michelle Huh? It makes sense to me.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2013 5:38:05 pm PDT #3256 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can never remember what SMH stands for so in my head it's just read out semi-phonetically as "smush". But without much of a vowel in the middle.
Scrappy - Aug 21, 2013 5:42:28 pm PDT #3257 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Some of the younger peeps at work told me about Edward 40-Hands. I had never heard of it--have you guys?
shrift - Aug 21, 2013 5:45:06 pm PDT #3258 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've heard of it but never seen it, considering that I don't go to parties where people are drinking 40s.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 5:45:28 pm PDT #3259 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Shaking My Head.