joober jones
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This is surely not the most cheerful OT topic, but it's a pretty important one. My wife's grandmother, after a quality 96 years, is visibly nearing the end zone. She still has her pride, deeply loves her home of nearly 70 years, and wants to be as independent as possible. Due to that and some very negative experiences and downright atrocities I've seen in convalescent homes both in professional and casual capacities, putting her in a home is absolutely out of the question.
We pitch in and care for her as much as we can, but being that she's 75 miles away, it's not really possible for us to be there on the basis that we need to be in order for her to be safe and to have the level of care she needs. My wife is an only child so there's not much family on her side to help out, though my sister-in-law who lives with me has been very helpful.
Anyway, to get to the point, what we really need at this point is a live-in caregiver who is professionally trained to do all of the things needed in terms of care and also to be a compassionate and dedicated companion. Does anyone here know of any services they would recommend or any that I should avoid?
We pitch in and care for her as much as we can, but being that she's 75 miles away, it's not really possible for us to be there on the basis that we need to be in order for her to be safe and to have the level of care she needs. My wife is an only child so there's not much family on her side to help out, though my sister-in-law who lives with me has been very helpful.
Anyway, to get to the point, what we really need at this point is a live-in caregiver who is professionally trained to do all of the things needed in terms of care and also to be a compassionate and dedicated companion. Does anyone here know of any services they would recommend or any that I should avoid?