Possum Galore
A life ‘Down Under’!
ACAT....(but no hat).
So........after Dulcie's recent fall Shirley and Wendi arranged for the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) to come and assess Dulcie's needs. Laura from ACAT came last Tuesday and yesterday we got her report.The report found that Dulcie is entitled to access Level 3 or Level 4 Care Provision. While Laura was here we discovered that Dulcie had been assessed before and was entitled to access Level 1 or 2 Care Provision but we were not aware of this and we have not been making use of it.Will rang Blue Care and has set up a meeting for this Friday where someone is coming to discuss changing from our present shower and respite routine to a Level 2 Care Package until we can access a Level 4 package.Even though Dulcie is entitled to Level 4 Care Laura said that it is difficult to find a provider as space is limited and that we might have to go on a waiting list. until one becomes available.If Blue Care cannot provide us with a Level 4 package we will be looking at other providers and go with the first one that can give us what we need. We are hoping that we can get someone to come every morning to shower and assist in getting her dressed and we will probably be entitled to more respite.The cuts on Dulcie's leg are healing well but she has had some pain in her arms and is in need of more assistance to get up and dressed in the morning and getting ready for bed in the evening.She is much more tired and has been going to bed straight after tea but has not been sleeping too well and often has been awake and muttering in the night. Dr Hew came again yesterday and I told him of her poor sleep and he has prescribed Melatonin which she took last night for the first time and which appeared to work well.She has used the bell, we have placed beside her bed, once to call Will for assistance in going to the toilet in the night but apart from that has not been up in the night.While Dr Hew was here he checked out her sore arms and as usual she played down the pain but he has suggested a shoulder X-Ray which we need to arrange with Terry.......if he is still alive......after looking close to death that time at Dr Wang's.For the time being we are unable to continue with our once a week, Tuesday night cinema trips in case she needs us but so far, since our return back from our break, she has only got up twice in the night and they have both been around 3 am so if this pattern continues we might be able to venture out again.
Art and the City.
Winter Wonderland!
R.I.P "Our Telly" 2011 - 2015
So.........I finally got a hold of the guy who was fixing 'Our Telly' yesterday.He has been hard to get hold of recently and at one point I thought he had gone bust and left the country but no, he said he had tried to ring me yesterday but he didn't.The part he had been waiting for had finally arrived from the UK.....(it must have come on a slow boat via China!)......and he had discovered that that was not the problem after all and that it was another part and that would cost about $700!"I'm sorry," he said " but I have lost my money that I spent ordering that part."It cost him $120."Can you use it?" I asked."I will eventually," he said.It is so disappointing! The flippin' telly would have still been under warranty in the UK and we would have got it replaced by now.I hate Samsung!
Like a bat out of Hell!
So........things are a 'bit' different here after Dulcie's recent fall. She slipped in the bathroom and is now very anxious whenever she needs to go in there and we are all on edge too.Last night I woke at 3.00 am and thought I heard her going into the bathroom upstairs, but soon realised that the dull bump was just the wind rattling the window and what sounded like her rubber walker wheel skidding on the tiles was just Will gently snoring.I lay there trying to get to sleep and was just dozing off when there was a much louder bang and I sat up and grabbed Will who cried out in alarm."I heard a bang," I said and we both leapt out of bed.Will was up the stairs in no time to check she was OK but I realised that the sound seemed to have come from downstairs where we are and discovered that it had been the soap falling into the metal laundry tub.I told him what it was when he came back."That's weird," he said, "She was sat on her bed just about to go to try and go to the bathroom herself."Spooky!He laughed saying that while she was washing her hands she said,"Good God! Look at my hair," and he replied,"Never mind yours, look at mine!"He did look a sight standing there with his jumper back to front too.We are going to try and get some kind of wireless buzzer or bell today that she can press in the night if she needs to get up. We can't always rely on the Angels to alert us.