Yesterday was very stressful. Lunch at Oakridge was fine. Grandma's "regular" table insisted she squeeze in with them in her wheelchair. Since there wasn't room for me, I ate with David, a former client of mine who has lived there for 8 years. I took Grandma up and toured all the features of the new apartment and I think she liked it. Then we went down to the assessment meeting, and bottom line, learned that she isn't yet appropriate for assisted living because she needs two people every time she transfers. Marcia had led me to believe that wouldn't be a problem, but it is contrary to their licensure. They could have done it occasionally, but she is not even able to stand on her feet now without two people hanging on. I think she is so fearful that she can't begin to understand how to balance herself. Getting her in and out of the car was a major deal that required the assistance of several people. I don't hold high hopes that the situation will improve since she's no longer eligible for physical therapy, so the only way she'll get out of the nursing home is if the shingles pain disappears and she decides she wants to be more independent again. I can't even take her out of the facility for visits often because it's so difficult. I could never get her to the bathroom on my own.
I was really bummed when I got her back to the nursing home and came home. Dad and I returned the Depends I had bought on sale but I didn't feel like doing much else. We got a fish fry at Olympic and when we got home around 7 pm, the power went out from the excessive winds so I just went to bed and got a good sleep.
This morning I just got through the runaround with UPS and finally connected with a helpful woman at Overstock.com to cancel the shipment of the memory foam mattress I had ordered for her. Hopefully they'll be able to intercept the delivery so someone at Oakridge doesn't sign for the shipment and we can't return it. Got to get laundry going, take a shower, then head over to Oakridge to finish clearing out the old apartment and cleaning it. They'll give me a little extra time on clearing out the new place. I want to be back home today by 3:30 pm so I can be ready for the trick-or-treaters at 4:00. At least that gives me a deadline to be done with the work for today.
Got most of the old apartment emptied and cleaned; taking a break to change laundry loads and put a ham in the oven. Took advantage of guest lunch passes at Oakridge and had a decent lunch there while we were working.
Food:
7:00 am Serving Trader Joe's microwaveable steel cut oatmeal, 2 tbl raisins, 2 oz light vanilla soy milk, 1/2 grapefruit, tea
8:45 am Slice Tastefully Simple Bountiful Beer Bread
12:30 pm 1 c egg noodles, 1 c beef stroganoff, 3 large broccoli spears, plain sugar cookie, 8 oz skim milk, coffee
1:45 pm Slice Tastefully Simple Boountiful Beer bread
3:15 pm Chocolate-bottom leaf cookie, 12 oz diet A&W root beer
5:30 pm Fun-size Kit Kat, fun-size mint 3 Musketeers
6:15 pm 2.5 oz ham, 1/2 c sweet potato casserole, 1/2 c peas, 12 oz light vanilla soy milk
6:45 pm Fun-size Snickers - all right, enough candy already!
9:30 pm 4 Milk Duds - oh, well, it is Halloween
Exercise:
10:10-10:20 am Jogging in place
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