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Roger (K8RI) · July 3rd 07, 01:53 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:23:41 -0700, wrote:

On Jun 30, 6:51 pm, John Smith I wrote:
wrote:

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That ain't no joke. And nursing homes are bad too.. My mother is in
one of those now after two strokes, and I have to watch them all the
time. They can get pretty sloppy if they think no one is watching.
So I sneak up on them fairly often, just to keep them on their
toes.
Welcome back Walt, and hope the recovery is quick.
MK

Here in the central valley of CA, they have imported a bunch of low wage
filipinos, trained in the philippines, rest are most likely illegal
aliens, latino mostly, all lazy and dumb as wood.

I wouldn't want 'em watchin' my dog why I was on vacation!

I don't know what we are going to do when our mom has to go into
one--only thing us children are sure of--she ain't goin' in one!

Regards,
JS

We didn't have much choice. She is pretty much immobile and
can't really do anything on her own, including going to the
bathroom, etc.. Insurance will not cover full time help at home,
only 1-2 hour visits. So that was out. The one she is at now
is outside of Houston a bit, in a smaller town setting.

25 years ago when my mother's health was failing we hired
round-the-clock, in home help. The cost was little different than a
nursing home and that would not have been covered back then either.
OTOH they also had food and lodging. Bout the time they started we
discovered my dad had cancer so they ended up doing double duty. That
lasted for a couple of years but at least they were able to stay home
and the cost was almost the same.

Almost all the workers are from that area.
She is not crazy about nursing home life, but she realizes
she is really better off there, than trying to live at home.
There is no way I could take care of her by myself.
She's very hard to move, as pretty much just dead weight,
and she would end up falling and breaking a hip, or worse.
She has very little balance at all, even just sitting up in a
chair. She'll fall right over if nothing is there to stop her.
Besides that, she really needs a women to help her
go to the bathroom, shower, etc.. So there it is...
MK