Verdun - this magpie man probably doesn't know he's stealing - but it doesn't make it any less irritating to deal with.
Would it help to get your mum a spectacles chain and ask the staff to put them round her neck when she gets up and leave them there until she gets undressed at night? Might be fewer opportunities for them to go walk about and she would always have them with her when she needs them. Just an idea...
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Don't look in here often as TBH I'm pretty naff at offering anything useful to you people who are going through such troubled times....but I would like send my good wishes and pray there will be happier times for you in the not too distant future.
I am so very sorry for your loss fidget, keep the good memories of your dear dad .
Over time it does help This next year I'm hoping to do a scrapbook of my dad's life starting from his childhood.it's taken me six and a half years to be strong enough to do this .the old saying of time is an healer I couldn't see it then to be true.I now understand what was said , and it is true .
So dear fidget , hang on to all your happy memories , this does help , further down the long winding road of life.
Lyn, from reading the many posts on this thread I get the feeling that several doctors and care workers etc are trying to. " pass the can "
You've enough on your plate without taking crap from a doctor who ought to know better. It really annoys me reading such as this .he would still have something to say even if you phoned for him each and every time you were having problems with your parents health . He would probably say your wasting his time then.
You know your doing everything you can for your parents and they will too in there own way.but look after yourself too.
You are right about the photo's, I have photos of my parents from when they were about two years old. That would be from the 1920's.
I always feel terrible sad when I hear of peoples houses burning down, losing photos and precious documents. We have so much of that sort of stuff, I would be devastated if anything happened to it.
I think I must look for a fireproof box.
I always say that in the case of a fire, photos and cd's come first.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I feel exactly the same Lynn. A few years ago I inherited photos & also my great grandfather's Victorian / Edwardian glass slides - which included a lot of family pictures from abt 1890 to 1910. They had been in the loft for years.
I embarked on the mammoth task of scanning all the old family photos plus the glass slides (had to buy a special scanner for the slides).
Once I had digital copies I was able to copy & store them in lots of different places including cloud storage and was also able to distribute the digital images around the family.
Since then I have spent time cleaning & restoring some of the damaged digital photos and also had a really nice collection of photos printed out and put into an album for a special present for my brother.
I would still hate to lose my original photos, albums and slides but I sleep much easier knowing that I will always be able to get a copy of everything if the worst should happen & it has been nice to share everything with interested members of the family
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Thats a good idea re the cloud, I have mine copied to a memory stick, but thats on the office desk, no good in a fire, and as you say, its the originals you really want to preserve.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Today I upset a consultant.I told the coroner that my dad didn't have pneumonia,
The local vicar says the hospital put nearly all old people who die in there , down as Pneumonia.The consultant who saw him an hour before he died said his chest was clear. The coroner said he had spoken to my sister "Eileen" and she said it was ok. I dont have a sister "Eileen" she actually spoke to Beverley. Also the bereavement centre gave us "Dads clothes" in an unmarked bag. A pair of jeans and some brown shoes.... you've guessed it, they weren't dads. This was followed by more talks with the coroner, who spoke to the consultant who has redone the medical reason for death as "Heart failure" Allelujah. I finally got the medical certificate at 4.59 pm, after a 11.30 am appointment. Now I've got to register the death. Good job the funeral isn't until the 23rd.
As I said to mum, if this was a farce on a London stage it would be a sellout.
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Fidget - so sorry to hear your news.
Families....... not going there .....
Verdun - this magpie man probably doesn't know he's stealing - but it doesn't make it any less irritating to deal with.
Would it help to get your mum a spectacles chain and ask the staff to put them round her neck when she gets up and leave them there until she gets undressed at night? Might be fewer opportunities for them to go walk about and she would always have them with her when she needs them. Just an idea...
Don't look in here often as TBH I'm pretty naff at offering anything useful to you people who are going through such troubled times....but I would like send my good wishes and pray there will be happier times for you in the not too distant future.
I am so very sorry for your loss fidget, keep the good memories of your dear dad .
Over time it does help This next year I'm hoping to do a scrapbook of my dad's life starting from his childhood.it's taken me six and a half years to be strong enough to do this .the old saying of time is an healer I couldn't see it then to be true.I now understand what was said , and it is true .
So dear fidget , hang on to all your happy memories , this does help , further down the long winding road of life.
Lyn, from reading the many posts on this thread I get the feeling that several doctors and care workers etc are trying to. " pass the can "
You've enough on your plate without taking crap from a doctor who ought to know better. It really annoys me reading such as this .he would still have something to say even if you phoned for him each and every time you were having problems with your parents health . He would probably say your wasting his time then.
You know your doing everything you can for your parents and they will too in there own way.but look after yourself too.
Gran
Thanks Gran.
You are right about the photo's, I have photos of my parents from when they were about two years old. That would be from the 1920's.
I always feel terrible sad when I hear of peoples houses burning down, losing photos and precious documents. We have so much of that sort of stuff, I would be devastated if anything happened to it.
I think I must look for a fireproof box.
I always say that in the case of a fire, photos and cd's come first.
I embarked on the mammoth task of scanning all the old family photos plus the glass slides (had to buy a special scanner for the slides).
Once I had digital copies I was able to copy & store them in lots of different places including cloud storage and was also able to distribute the digital images around the family.
Since then I have spent time cleaning & restoring some of the damaged digital photos and also had a really nice collection of photos printed out and put into an album for a special present for my brother.
I would still hate to lose my original photos, albums and slides but I sleep much easier knowing that I will always be able to get a copy of everything if the worst should happen & it has been nice to share everything with interested members of the family
Thats a good idea re the cloud, I have mine copied to a memory stick, but thats on the office desk, no good in a fire, and as you say, its the originals you really want to preserve.
Today I upset a consultant.I told the coroner that my dad didn't have pneumonia,
The local vicar says the hospital put nearly all old people who die in there , down as Pneumonia.The consultant who saw him an hour before he died said his chest was clear. The coroner said he had spoken to my sister "Eileen" and she said it was ok. I dont have a sister "Eileen" she actually spoke to Beverley. Also the bereavement centre gave us "Dads clothes" in an unmarked bag. A pair of jeans and some brown shoes.... you've guessed it, they weren't dads. This was followed by more talks with the coroner, who spoke to the consultant who has redone the medical reason for death as "Heart failure" Allelujah. I finally got the medical certificate at 4.59 pm, after a 11.30 am appointment. Now I've got to register the death. Good job the funeral isn't until the 23rd.
As I said to mum, if this was a farce on a London stage it would be a sellout.
Oh fidget, how awful after all you've been through. My best wishes and hugs. Take care lots of love xx