Comments on: Documenting Life: Aging in Place

By: sherri

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:53:52 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and the encouragement!

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By: Mary Anne

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:45:57 +0000

Thanks for writing about this

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By: sherri

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:33:29 +0000

Vicki, thanks so much for the pointers. So far the meds are pretty easy and complement the part of me that clicks with patterns, sets, and sorting. CK has used Google Docs to make a spreadsheet that helps us track blood glucose.

We’ve contacted a senior center, and they did a home visit to talk with Mom about offerings. As I mentioned in a post yesterday, Mom has some very serious social anxiety and we can’t get her motivated to get out with her peers at all. We’re going to request an assessment from another community resource for the aging population, even if we pay out-of-pocket for it.

I’ve been sort of documenting things all along, particularly this past year. I decided to start calling it out more obviously so the blog might start to come up for people searching for resources and insight into what it is like caring for a parent at home.

And I should call just because it has been so long since I’ve heard your voice! Love you lots.

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By: Vicki

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:29:02 +0000

Since I deal with things on the edge of this in my work I have often suggested to people looking into home health nursing to help with some of this makes things easier in family situations. look for senior centers and see if they have some activities during the day time and see if they do rides for people that can no longer get there by themselves Some of my ladies although not yet technically seniors participate in these and even sitting on the edges gives them a huge boost in community and life outlook.
Also we have some pharmacies here that will prepackage medications for people I had a father that has been caring for his severely disabled daughter and just the removal of having to put her medications together has reduced his stress immensely and made his mornings brighter.
I probably have many more ideas and I know the lingo that can help call me if you.

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By: sherri

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:12:58 +0000

It is tough, especially since Mom and I have a lot of baggage. It took us a good chunk of last year figuring how to make it happen, but I love my Mom and didn’t want to live with seeing her in adult foster care when a lot of her care is things like appointments, meds, and diabetes management. Mind you, these are BIG issues and they really take a lot of time for both CK and I, but we both wanted to be able to have her age at home, not in a home.

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By: Kronda

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:09:38 +0000

That’s a tough job. On the bright side, you still have your mom. I know things are getting very tough for my grandmother’s care taker and I wonder what my mom would have been like as an old lady. Besides, stubborn that is. 🙂

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