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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 474354" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>We have just moved my 90 year old aunt into an apartment about 10 minutes from us. She never married or had kids and was a WAC. She has, for the first time, an aide a few hours a week. She wanted the aide to take her to the supermarket but we are doing the shopping and arranging for food delivery as I prefer to have the aide use her time to help her bathe. That is not a task I feel capable of taking on and although H could do it, it would violate my aunt's modesty and privacy. Her only health issues are high blood pressure and hypothyroid for which she takes her medications daily. She is able to cook and is totally mentally competent. She walks with a walker.</p><p></p><p>We also oversee my mother in law's care. She is 87 and lives in her home, about 25 minutes away, with my useless sister-in-law. She was just diagnosed with diabetes and has CHF. She is also completely mentally competent (H and I feel hopeful for our futures!) but not as mobile as my aunt because she has orthopedic issues.</p><p></p><p>Both women have Visiting Nurse Services. My mother in law needs weekly blood testing for her heart medications and they do it at home. My mother in law has had an aide for several years, aunt just got one when she moved to our town. She likes her aide and we are going to pay her on the side for a few extra hours when the Medicare allotment runs out. Both women are able to take their own medications and feed themselves.</p><p></p><p>My aunt was convinced at first that we were going to put her into a home. I finally told her that I'm Jewish and would never spend that kind of money - the apartment is much cheaper! It worked. H and I have promised them both that they will not go into a home. We joke that we will evict useless sister in law and move them in together first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 474354, member: 3493"] We have just moved my 90 year old aunt into an apartment about 10 minutes from us. She never married or had kids and was a WAC. She has, for the first time, an aide a few hours a week. She wanted the aide to take her to the supermarket but we are doing the shopping and arranging for food delivery as I prefer to have the aide use her time to help her bathe. That is not a task I feel capable of taking on and although H could do it, it would violate my aunt's modesty and privacy. Her only health issues are high blood pressure and hypothyroid for which she takes her medications daily. She is able to cook and is totally mentally competent. She walks with a walker. We also oversee my mother in law's care. She is 87 and lives in her home, about 25 minutes away, with my useless sister-in-law. She was just diagnosed with diabetes and has CHF. She is also completely mentally competent (H and I feel hopeful for our futures!) but not as mobile as my aunt because she has orthopedic issues. Both women have Visiting Nurse Services. My mother in law needs weekly blood testing for her heart medications and they do it at home. My mother in law has had an aide for several years, aunt just got one when she moved to our town. She likes her aide and we are going to pay her on the side for a few extra hours when the Medicare allotment runs out. Both women are able to take their own medications and feed themselves. My aunt was convinced at first that we were going to put her into a home. I finally told her that I'm Jewish and would never spend that kind of money - the apartment is much cheaper! It worked. H and I have promised them both that they will not go into a home. We joke that we will evict useless sister in law and move them in together first. [/QUOTE]
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