The difference between long-term care and hospice care - 2024 09 25
This morning Adele and I have moved our base of operations upstairs. Mom is downstairs in the basement suite, where I lived with her until yesterday. Yesterday we took the step of putting Mom into Emergency Long-Term Care. The tipping point for us, after three years of family caregiving, was that Mom could no longer hold her weight to get to the commode, and I could not hold her weight to make up the difference. I purchased a bedpan from the Amazon, but had never used one and had no idea how to use it with Mom. The stress of toileting was overwhelming. Emergency Long-Term Care has a three month waitlist. In the interim, while we wait for a bed to become available within our healthcare authority, Mom is provided with 24/7 professional caregiving in-home. This means I do not have to worry about her toileting anymore. It also means Mom has caregivers in her suite at all times, and I don't have to be there in the same way. There are many questions to answer, to shift operations...