Mar 29, 2019
Getting some Help with
your Caregiving
Episode # 77
In this week’s episode, I talk a little bit about getting
help with your caregiving, because after dealing with this disease
for 7 almost
8 years now, I’m finding it very difficult to do everything by
myself.
We have ran on to a lady from our church who is willing to
come in and sit with mom and help take care of mom. And Stephanie
and I are
really thrilled with the way she handles mom. This lady, not only
helps mom to
the bathroom, she gives mom a bath, dresses mom, and even takes a
little bit of
toothpaste on one of her fingers with a Playtex glove to brush
mamas gums and
tongue. She also fixes food and not just for mom, but for whoever’s
in the
house.
We’ve had help in here before through an agency, but that
become very expensive. Here in the DC area. They are $20 an hour
and up, but
they do not take care of mom, the way that this lady from the
church does. They
command and they would help mom go to the bathroom when necessary,
but that was
pretty much it. The rest of the time they would sit on their stuff
and do
nothing. If you had them do anything else. There was an extra
charge for it.
I think it will be a good thing to have this lady and from
the church, not only to help out with mom, but I believe it’ll help
me out, not
only physically but mentally as well. It’ll give me time to get out
of the
house and go do something either around the house or actually leave
the house to
do some things that we been putting off for months, and some of the
may even be
for a couple of years. Having this lady command may even allow
Stephanie and I
do have date nights. Where we can go for dinner and a movie once in
a while,
which is something that we have not had for quite a while.
If you’re able to get some help in whether that be someone
from your church someone from your neighborhood a sibling or
someone on that
lines. It’ll be a tremendous help to you. It may even give you back
a glimpse
of your own life, even if it’s only for a couple of hours.
I think that I will be able to get not only the physical
break, I need, but I think I will also get a mental break, which
may be more
important even though I can get out a little bit with Michael and
Stephanie
here. I know how Michael and Stephanie are, and that leaves me.
Still worrying
about what’s going on here at house with mom. Having this lady
for
approximately 2 weeks, Stephanie and I just absolutely love the way
she treats
mom. I also think that having this lady help with Mama will be a
good exercise
for Mama, because it gives Mama a chance to get used to someone
else dealing
with her, besides myself and the family.