Family Caregiving - Data Processing - Getting Started - 2025 03 21

  


2025 03 20 - Family Caregiving - Data Processing

Today I started working on compiling data from our time looking after Mom, a fragile elder with complex needs.

She lived in mental health group housing for 40 years because her mental illness disability made it so that she could not care for herself. Mom's mental disability had stablized with medication. She was aging out of the group housing system. We were told she would be moved into a long term care facility. We considered that option, but we were concerned that COVID restrictions would limit our access to visit Mom. We decided to bring her home rather than get her re-housed in a long term care facility. All Mom wanted to do was to move back home with her kids.

I'm going through emails from one account, starting from the earliest reference to bringing Mom home. An email dated 2019 08 02 shows a thread of discussion precipitated by management change at Mom's group home. There were many staff being laid off and we were concerned about Mom's care. As a family, we decided the best course of action was to bring Mom home to live in our basement suite.

I have processed 31 emails so far, starting 2019 08 02 and ending 2022 03 29. These were from the Inbox only. I am getting started on the Sent box as well.

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