thank you

Thanks for taking the time.  Yes she does.  She is still pretty healthy and with it though.  the biggest problem is she is in Florida and I live in NC.  I keep coming down here to stay with her for a while.  I pack my computer and 4yo and hop in the car when she calls.  DH is very supportive, but getting lonely.  We have talked about this in length and he is all for her coming home with us to live.  we just built a house with this in mind and built bathrooms and floor plan to accomidate her, but she does not want to come yet.  She stayed with us at the begining of summer and it was great.  she came home to fl and fell a week later and broke her clavicle.  Now for the past week she has been calling me from the floor three to four times a night and i am so afraid she is going to get really hurt.  she will not make any adjustments.  and the past two nights she has been saying some pretty strange things when I go in there to pick her up.   

her other issues are her memory and medications.  She  is forgetting so so much and just jokes that this is normal.  normal was last year when she was forgetting stuff, now i have to explain stuff to her so often that when she asks a question my 4yo explains it to her just like i do, soft and calm.  I am just scared and do not want her to feel like I am taking anything away from her.  she has serious trust issues as other family members have really hurt her in the past.  I am the youngest and she does not even speak to one daughter.

she has great coverage where she can have home health, but she does not like the girls, who are so very nice, as she has become so prejudice this past year.  the coverage will also pay for me to learn how to take care of her if she was in my home.  she is terrified of going to a nursing facility and i promised i would never put her there.  I just want to give her the best care and need to research it.  The library here will not give me a library card because I do not live here in fl. 

I know this is so long but I have noone to ask and everyone here always helps and might have been here before. 

thank you all so very much.    

• grandma care - leelee
  • Does she have medical issues? sm - Apple Scruff
    • thank you - leelee
  • Not sure of any sites to look at, but - sm..been there
    • thanks - leelee
  • Check with your local department of the aging, too. nm - You're terrific for caring! :) NM
    • thank you so much. - leelee

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