I shortened my work days so I can be at the nursing home more. Not so I can be with Mom more but to keep an eye on her care. Her turn schedule is a pain. Some NA just don't take it seriously. They do not turn her before going to the dining room for the meal and then she is the last patient they take care I'd after the meal. She can EASILY go more the four hours before they think to turn her. Or they do not get her on her side enough and she is mostly on her back (she has a bed sore on her but and should not be on her back). So I am taking a $100 a week cut in pay to insist my mother is turned appropriately.
I am pretty sure I am going to make a few enemies before this is all over. The NA's are going to figure out that I don't care a xxxxx about their feeding schedule. If Mom could eat they would be feeding her so they can give her a few of the minutes they don't have to spend feeding her and turn her. I am so close to really loosing my temper.
Now, I have classes I have to take for work. The class meets once a week for three hours. It takes me an hour to drive to the class site. The classes start next week and will run through August. But if these lazy NA don't get their act together how can I concentrate on what I need to learn? The classes are important to me. I have prayed for the chance to take these classes for a year. They will provide me with a certificate that will allow me to keep in stride with much younger people in my field.
This is the source of my frustration.
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a journal about keeping the memories of my mother who suffers with Lewy Body Dementia
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