me, my dad and dementia #98 – but it’s Thanksgiving….
So SASHA (yup, St Albert Sturgeon Hospice Association from our community) decided to simply pull the rug out from under us and that’s that. No more volunteer visitor even though he and my father had a true friendship. Apparently, they only provide “end of life” care and nothing else. My father dies a little each […]
me, my dad and dementia #97 – Oct. 1…
My mother passed away 7 years ago on Oct 1. My father did fairly well on that day. We cleared out her room at Touchmark together and we went to get Jamaican food to celebrate her life with us. We had known her end was near so my Dad and I along with my daughter […]
me, my dad and dementia #96 – a few more hours…
Well there you have it. Definitely not able to put him on the waitlist for a care home but they’ll give us a few more hours. And yes, we are very grateful and yet….why must we be grateful for scraps? Are we not human? Do we not have rights to dignity and decency? The answer is […]
me, my dad and dementia #95 – (update) There is hope!
But there’s also a caveat….of course…. We met with the AHS nurse for about 1.5 hours this morning (Friday). She was lovely but her hands are so tied. More about that later… She was fine to conduct an interview with my husband and myself on our side of the house, instead of quizing my Dad. YAY! and […]
me, my dad and dementia #94 – gaming the system?….
OH MY GOODNESS! Okay, so AHS confessed that if we don’t book an assessment for Dad ASAP, they will cut off his funding since it takes a week to book an appointment and then another 2 weeks (!) for whatever their so called findings will be to inform a decision. Oh joy. NOT!So I poured […]
me, my dad and dementia #93 – foiled again…
Dad checked off two songs on Monday night that he felt would be difficult for him….Dream On and Wannabe…BUT BUT BUT….when he got home, he decided he simply needed to practise those and it would be just fine. AAACK! I have a feeling Swifter Than Flame will also give him pause but he really liked […]
me, my dad and dementia #92 – a little list…
My new plan for Dad is to have him check off which songs from a list that will work for him as we listen to said songs on Monday night. I’m pretty sure he will do Forte Plus but not so sure about So Noted. Then, I’ll make him sign and date it! HAH!! ….we’ll […]
me, my dad and dementia #91 – oh my goodness!
We came home after the final Perils Fringe show to discover a woman sitting on our front porch waiting for her son. She insisted he and his wife were here. Our front door camera had already picked her up so we kinda knew what we were coming home to. And yet…..what we didn’t know is […]
me, my dad and dementia #90 – Perils of Penzance
What a hit with my father! I think he would have loved to have somehow been up there with the cast singing at least one of the G & S songs. We brought him to 3 of the 8 shows (we’ll bring him to one more yet) and just made sure his helper was home […]
me, my dad and dementia #89: um…how does he do this?
He’s improved….markedly so…..in many areas to boot….He is showering regularlyHe now cooks his steel cut oats and makes his instant coffee without helpHe is regularly taking his morning vitamins without remindersHis balance is betterHe is more aware generally speakingBut he is also bored and looking for things to occupy his time. This happens every summer […]