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Jun 2021
11:44pm, 16 Jun 2021
60,635 posts
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Diogenes
Not at all Grast_Girl. It was meant to be funny.
I sang to mum today and it felt like I’d really reached her.
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Jun 2021
6:22am, 17 Jun 2021
4,639 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I hope that she knows you're there Dio.
Big_G - if such an incident had occurred as described by your dad an IR1 form would have had to have been completed. I hope he settles in and makes the most of the opportunity he has there.
Goon news G_G.
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Jun 2021
8:08am, 17 Jun 2021
857 posts
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CK2
My thoughts are with so many of you right now. Good to hear your singing was positive Dio - so good to take opportunities to communicate in any way at these times. Big_G - that sounds so distressing. I hope today is calmer.
I’m back to my parents today (down to weekly now, which is a relief as it’s 3.5 hours each way) to support a badly needed opticians appointment. Concerns are pretty low level compared to many on this thread but Dad’s health is extremely fragile.
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Jun 2021
8:26am, 17 Jun 2021
20,033 posts
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Bazoaxe
I am sorry for those who are having a difficult time right now and my thoughts are with you.
We solved one challenge this week. MiLs hearing has been deteriorating for years and she refused to accept she was losing hearing and blamed ear wax. We have been supplying oil for a long time to loosen the wax. Mrs A managed to get a home visit hearing test and the chap said you dont have an ear wax issue and you do need 2 hearing aids. Next challenge will be to get MiL to actually wear them. She did have one previously that she refused to use.
On a separate note though MiL shared some information with Mrs Axe from the dim and distant past which we have no reason to doubt and it may explain some things. However we are not quite sure what to do with this information or do we let sleeping dogs lie as it could just make things worse.
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Jun 2021
5:15pm, 17 Jun 2021
12,016 posts
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Mandymoo
Have just called care home to book visit to see mum and they have told me she has a chest xray next week and can I take her. She can't get in my van so there answer was can we get a taxi. Is this not something they should arrange?
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Jun 2021
5:17pm, 17 Jun 2021
52,279 posts
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Lip Gloss
Usually they would ( up here anyway ) . Do they not have a transport bus attached to the home?
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Jun 2021
5:21pm, 17 Jun 2021
25,155 posts
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Lizzie Whizz
My APs have just sold their car, which is a good thing, but a sad admission / end of an era.
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Jun 2021
5:22pm, 17 Jun 2021
12,017 posts
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Mandymoo
Yes they do normally take then, just threw me off guard when they asked - will speak to them tomorrow
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Jun 2021
6:28pm, 17 Jun 2021
2,214 posts
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Grast_girl
It can be difficult to accept you're losing your hearing Baz, and maybe the previous aid wasn't the right one for her. Assuming she's mostly got all her marbles, getting a hearing aid can help to keep them (the lack of aural stimulation and isolation with poor hearing exacerbates dementia etc). Might be an argument to try.
The other is safety. Would she hear the smoke alarm if it went off, especially when asleep? If not, an vibrating alarm for under her pillow may be in order.
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Jun 2021
7:04pm, 17 Jun 2021
20,044 posts
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Bazoaxe
Wise words Gg.
Chances are she would hear nothing. When she is asleep she doesnt hear the phone or the door and is pretty much uncontactable unless you go there and wake her up.
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