03-11-2020, 01:57 PM
Today hasn't gone well. Stacy did my mom's taxes and we figured she's spent about $27K on home care this year. We have good home care, just shy of nursing, which she doesn't need anymore. There's one good caretaker who bends the rules and does a lot of stuff for my mom. The rest just do trivial things, walk her around the park, do her laundry, make her bed, bring in the garbage cans. We are trying to convince her to get cheaper care, but she's attached. It's been a challenging discussion.
Beyond this, my mom's TV just died. It's a monster cathode ray tube that I bought my folks as an xmas gift well over a decade ago. Weight a feckin ton. I nearly busted my back just now moving it off the stand to the floor. I brought the upstairs TV downstairs - that's been disconnected since her accident and replaced with my wifi so I can telecommute from here. However, that's also a CRT, not digital, an even older unit, so she can get sound but no picture. I'm going to pick her up a new digital TV and get it running here next week. The mobile library drops off today so she'll have plenty of books. Not sure how I'm going to move the old monster CRT. Maybe I can borrow a dolly from work. I just need to get it to the garage. Fortunately, I have her wheelchair ramp so I can get it over all the steps in the way. That's next week's problem.
My mom lost her hearing aids a few weeks ago which has been really frustrating. She got a call from her banker, to tell her not to worry about the tanking stock market. I was in the next room so I overheard most of the conversation. Her banker called me soon after because he knows my mom's situation and was concerned that she wasn't following the conversation. I had to call him back because I was at my mom's accountant at the time, dealing with her taxes (hopefully we can secure some sort of homecare write-off). I told him about the hearing aids and thanked him for looking out. We filled out the hearing aid insurance app today together, which I was annoyed with at first because it seemed simple enough for her to do on her own, but in the end, there was some things that were confusing enough to justify her needing help. The hearing aid thing is a real pain in the ass.
I'm starting a new schedule, heading home in a minute instead of spending two nights here. This is mostly for my own sanity. It means I'm adding an extra trip over hwy17 and time at the local library to finish up the day's work, but I think it'll be worth it. I can add it back when she needs it.
(03-11-2020, 11:43 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: I've been working at convincing my mom not to go out. I know she's getting really stir crazy here. She watches the news every day, morning and evening, but the impact of this is barely sinking in. She's in her own weird bubble.
Beyond this, my mom's TV just died. It's a monster cathode ray tube that I bought my folks as an xmas gift well over a decade ago. Weight a feckin ton. I nearly busted my back just now moving it off the stand to the floor. I brought the upstairs TV downstairs - that's been disconnected since her accident and replaced with my wifi so I can telecommute from here. However, that's also a CRT, not digital, an even older unit, so she can get sound but no picture. I'm going to pick her up a new digital TV and get it running here next week. The mobile library drops off today so she'll have plenty of books. Not sure how I'm going to move the old monster CRT. Maybe I can borrow a dolly from work. I just need to get it to the garage. Fortunately, I have her wheelchair ramp so I can get it over all the steps in the way. That's next week's problem.
My mom lost her hearing aids a few weeks ago which has been really frustrating. She got a call from her banker, to tell her not to worry about the tanking stock market. I was in the next room so I overheard most of the conversation. Her banker called me soon after because he knows my mom's situation and was concerned that she wasn't following the conversation. I had to call him back because I was at my mom's accountant at the time, dealing with her taxes (hopefully we can secure some sort of homecare write-off). I told him about the hearing aids and thanked him for looking out. We filled out the hearing aid insurance app today together, which I was annoyed with at first because it seemed simple enough for her to do on her own, but in the end, there was some things that were confusing enough to justify her needing help. The hearing aid thing is a real pain in the ass.
I'm starting a new schedule, heading home in a minute instead of spending two nights here. This is mostly for my own sanity. It means I'm adding an extra trip over hwy17 and time at the local library to finish up the day's work, but I think it'll be worth it. I can add it back when she needs it.
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