Showing posts with label dementia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dementia. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

Oh those Older Folk!

I'm on my stretch off, but saw a Face Book post by a co-worker. A gay co-worker.  As in more feminine than I am.  Wondering if I'll get to meet this 97 (yep, NINETY SEVEN!) year old gem.
Mark's Post:
" Interesting verbal abuse from a geriatric patient. "you're a whoremaster! All you care about is women and booze! " I had stop and ask her to repeat it to be sure I heard correctly."

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Dementia is a THRIFTY state of being!

So my significant other came home last night. I had arranged a trip to Colorado for him to help out our 24 year old son.  Tiling, spackling...a brake job. I stayed home to care for HIS Mom. I was way too pissed off to hear/see him.  Red wine does that to me. I am Holy Hell on wheels if I've had red wine.  He had NOT done the 2-3 things I had implored him to do, with repercussions.
So here is my current threat.  I will find an apartment in the spring and move out.  I can hardly kick the 92 year old MIL to the curb.  His siblings are 1000% worthless!  They want financial information.  Shit, we didn't get that when she was 1 day from being totally un-cared for. Guess I could have called Dept of Elderly Services and reported her abandoned.  I just thought that would be... like....unethical!  HELLO!!?? Do you leave a 92 year old alone just to get some cha-ching?  Gag me!
The good news is that she will read the same magazine 4-5 times in a single day.  So dementia is a thrifty state of being.  There is NO such thing as leftovers, it's totally new every night!!