Yesterday's Nurse/Doctor Visit for Dad

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Yesterday, the Doctor's arrived for the first time to see Dad along with the

Nurse and Chaplin. It was all done through the Hospice program we got started.

Mom really liked both the doctor's, she got to meet them both since the two

rotate on call. The Chaplin was very nice to her as well.

Doctor's said that Dad's edema in his legs/feet was poor circulation and came

with the LBD Disease. She told Mom to try to get him to elevate his feet when he

was sitting and to try to keep him off his feet, yeah right, Mr. Pacer all day,

NOT going to happen. She did not want Mom giving him the liquid drops for

excessive fluids of the mouth because those drops are really meant for patients

that drooled excessively that came in her as needed care kit. So Mom did not get

anything for his spitting, the doctor told her it was part of what came with the

disease, arrrghhhh. The doctor also is going to write a letter to the program

that Mom's current care giver works out of to extend his hours to aide Mom more,

YEAHHHHHH YIPPEE . . .

The Oxygen machines both stationary and portable arrived, Mom had to rearrange

his bedroom to get the equipment in there so now she is down in her back.

They also told her there was no way to know when the aide's would arrive as they

have a full schedule of patients to attend to and they would arrive when they

could. But they are STILL NOT calling her to let her know an idea of what time

they will arrive. Which sucks because Mom wants to go back to working to help

herself financially and now she can't because Dad will still have to have his

morning bath's after waking up from a night of urinating through his diapers by

Mom, so this still is not aiding her physically in the AM since Hospice and her

normal caregiver are not showing up until after 11am and she needs someone there

really no later than 9am.

Today was a bit irritating for both Mom and her normal caregiver when the aide

from Hospice did arrive, when she cares for dad in bathing and grooming she does

NOT clean up after herself at all, she leaves towels all over the floor,

tripping hazard, toothpaste all over the sink, etc. etc., which is very

irritating because Mom already has a tuff time caring for dad full time

physically, then for an aide to add more work for Mom to have to clean up behind

dad and now having to clean up behind an aide is just plain insane, I can't

believe they are being that filthy and unprofessional. So her normal caregiver

has to take the time now to clean up after the Hospice aide if he arrives after

her before Mom has to tackle it, that to me is a load of crap. I plan on calling

Hospice beginning of next week to complain if this carries on through the

weekend, I don't expect Hospice to be a maid but I don't expect them to be

dis-respectful and filthy to add MORE work for Mom physically and MORE

Frustration for her emotionally, damn the battles she faces, this really chaps

me.

So this is all I have to report for today . . . maybe more next week if I am

forced to make calls to Hospice to complain yet AGAIN, which probably won't get

me anywhere since my first complaint went in one ear and out the other.

Tammy