Re: Hi All

[Guest guest]

Hi Jan

I will be praying for a safe and fun trip. Wish I

could come along. Enjoy!!!!

Dena

--- Janet Colello wrote:

> Hi All,

> I have been very busy getting packed. I have been

> getting Jim ready first, since he is checking into

> the

> facility today and I will stay most of the day to

> acclimate him. I will stay for lunch with him and

> meet

> the staff, so he gets to know them. Packing for Jim

> is

> like packing for summer camp. Everything has to be

> marked with his name, so they don't get mixed up in

> the laundry. Here is a tip that I have learned for

> marking clothes: Use Water Resistant Band Aids and a

> Permanent Marker for the name. The Band Aid will

> most

> of the time stay stuck during the wash. When Jim is

> in

> respite, I always leave snacks in his room and small

>

> bottles of apple juice. I feel if he is not eating

> their food, because he is a very picky eater, he

> will

> eat the snacks and the drink the drinks, to help

> keep

> him from dehydrating. Some facilities will bend and

> make him something that he likes, not on the menu of

> the day. But he has not stayed at this Assisted

> Living

> Facility before with dementia care. His regular

> places

> were all booked, but I have read good things in the

> paper of seniors living at this facility and liking

> it, so I pray it goes well for Jim.

> We are leaving very soon for the facility and then

> this evening and tomorrow, I will finish up packing

> for me. I leave tomorrow evening.

> Thank you to all that sent me hugs when I first

> announced I was going to DC. It is so much

> appreciated! Wish you all could be there to share in

> the fun, but you will all be there in thought and

> spirit with me.

> Hugs to all and a " Lemon Drop " toast to you all from

> DC.....................Jan

>

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