(Maybe we should introduce them and work out some kind of Cincinnati seniors buddy system!)
I've said often, only half joking, that Tim's dad, my dad, and my stepdad's mother should all live together. It would be fantastic reality TV.
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Steph L. - Mar 31, 2017 7:39:53 am PDT #9207 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
-t - Mar 31, 2017 7:42:21 am PDT #9208 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck to all y'all, Tep. It does sound like the rehab stint is kind of a lucky break, I hope FiL can be persuaded to choose wisely.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2017 7:43:39 am PDT #9209 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It could be that your FIL will see how much better he functions after the short stint in rehab and be more open to other options.
I suspect that he might realize how much he loves the regular interaction with other people all day long and then decide it's time for assisted living. He's super gregarious and has been isolated in his house alone since Tim's mom died in 2010. (And by "isolated," I don't mean "lives by himself in a house in the suburbs with neighbors a stone's throw away" -- he lives kind of in the woods, with the closest neighbors 1/4 mile away. It's a recipe for disaster.) I think he's going to end up loving all the attention he gets in the rehab facility.
-t - Mar 31, 2017 7:45:23 am PDT #9210 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hope so!
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2017 7:47:11 am PDT #9211 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, you get 3 square meals that you don't need to cook yourself, lots of interaction with people, and optional interesting activities -- what's not to like?
Fred Pete - Mar 31, 2017 7:49:12 am PDT #9212 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
(Maybe we should introduce them and work out some kind of Cincinnati seniors buddy system!)
I see a potential sitcom. Kind of a Golden Girls/Hot in Cleveland in assisted living.
Laura - Mar 31, 2017 7:53:27 am PDT #9213 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I think he's going to end up loving all the attention he gets in the rehab facility.
This was a wonderful part of my Mom's many rehab visits. Not only were the staff incredible with the actual rehab, but they fussed over her and were wonderful on the human interaction front.
sj - Mar 31, 2017 8:00:29 am PDT #9214 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Maybe you could have one of the doctors in the rehab facility talk to him about assisted living and why it would be benificial?
Toddson - Mar 31, 2017 8:00:52 am PDT #9215 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Steph, would it be possible to have him go to a daytime center where he'd get lunch plus interaction? kind of daddy day-care ... or have someone come in to check on him during the day? I know my sister had arranged for a home aide to come in when my mother got really bad - saw that she ate, took her medications, didn't burn down the house and so on.
sj - Mar 31, 2017 8:03:03 am PDT #9216 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Stepdad's Mom went to a senior daycare when she started to get dementia. They dropped her off and picked her up every day.