I do try to have time for things I would like to do but it is easy to say but the reality is a bit different. Other people have very interesting ideas about how I can manage juggling all this. For example I have volunteered to go to the prison to teach reading. (It is something I believe in doing and I think that everyone who is able to should give back something to the community through voluntary work.)
The induction is this week and they will not let you in if you are late. There is no flexibility for the day or the time. I will be cutting it very fine as I also have to work around the caregiver and then drop George at his club before setting out for the prison... If I don't get there in time I will have to withdraw as this is the only time that they run these sessions. This is the sort of thing that happens that makes me very aware of how alone I am and how everyone else's needs come first. Unfortunately all our friends work and I no longer have any family here so I do not have anyone to call on to help.
Today I went tot the home to spend time with mum. I dropped George in Brighton so he go for a coffee and morning tea. He caught up bus home but got lost in Rocking Horse Road. Luckily someone I knew saw him and brought him home. I am going to have to try to stop him going on the bus. It looks like I may not be able to leave him on his own at all.
Showing posts with label bus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bus. Show all posts
Friday, December 6, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Night time
There appear to be times when George gets up during the night and I don't wake. This morning I found that his shoes were inside his slippers so he was wearing the two at once. When he woke this morning that is what he puts on.
On Saturday, when I got home from visiting Mum, I found George in the garage waiting for me. He had been to Brighton and done some shopping. He thought that he had left his shopping somewhere. I asked if it was in the bus stop (thinking of the bus stop in Brighton). He kept talking about the bus stop but didn't really know. I got him into the car and started driving towards Brighton. A little bit down the road he said 'That's where it will be'. He was pointing to the bus shelter GOING to Brighton. I said that he would have been there when he was going to Brighton but he insisted on getting out and looking, nothing there. Got home and there in the pantry was his shopping bag!!
On Saturday, when I got home from visiting Mum, I found George in the garage waiting for me. He had been to Brighton and done some shopping. He thought that he had left his shopping somewhere. I asked if it was in the bus stop (thinking of the bus stop in Brighton). He kept talking about the bus stop but didn't really know. I got him into the car and started driving towards Brighton. A little bit down the road he said 'That's where it will be'. He was pointing to the bus shelter GOING to Brighton. I said that he would have been there when he was going to Brighton but he insisted on getting out and looking, nothing there. Got home and there in the pantry was his shopping bag!!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Out and about
Went to the Home to get mum today and take her to Brighton for coffee which she enjoys. Imagine my horror to find out that mum had got out of the Home today and was luckily found by staff out in the foyer trying to get back in. Mum can be very quick when she wants to be and we think she ducked behind someone coming in or out and kept the door open to let herself out!!
Mark came in to help George this morning to get dressed and then I left to get mum. George got a bus and met us in Brighton for coffee. Mum was thrilled to see him so they had a great old chat both on their own conversations. George is still able to get the bus to and from Brighton although the time before didn't know where to get off and the bus driver found him at the end of the run. He brought him back and dropped him off!! People are really very good.
George loves going out for coffee so that we good. He is trying hard at the moment and is drinking under a bottle of wine a day but I need to keep an eye on it otherwise he will drink more which is when things become more confusing for him.
He is no longer able to put in a dvd and play it nor is he able to change the channel on the TV although he can still turn it on and off. He is able to cook toast and boil the jug but not use the microwave or stove. He does enjoy socialising. Yesterday at the Gardens someone asked him what club he belonged to - these are day clubs for those with Alzheimer's (I don't think he twigged to that bit). Anyway he is keen to join one and as I said to him his name is down to join one when a space becomes available.
Mark came in to help George this morning to get dressed and then I left to get mum. George got a bus and met us in Brighton for coffee. Mum was thrilled to see him so they had a great old chat both on their own conversations. George is still able to get the bus to and from Brighton although the time before didn't know where to get off and the bus driver found him at the end of the run. He brought him back and dropped him off!! People are really very good.
George loves going out for coffee so that we good. He is trying hard at the moment and is drinking under a bottle of wine a day but I need to keep an eye on it otherwise he will drink more which is when things become more confusing for him.
He is no longer able to put in a dvd and play it nor is he able to change the channel on the TV although he can still turn it on and off. He is able to cook toast and boil the jug but not use the microwave or stove. He does enjoy socialising. Yesterday at the Gardens someone asked him what club he belonged to - these are day clubs for those with Alzheimer's (I don't think he twigged to that bit). Anyway he is keen to join one and as I said to him his name is down to join one when a space becomes available.
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