As many of you know, my mom has Alzheimers...or an Alzheimer's type dementia. She was diagnosed about 3 years ago and has been in steady decline since then. This disease has affected her vision, her skin sensitivity and her ability to do daily common tasks that we do so easy....bathing, eating, dressing, walking...
Most recently my mom went to live in a nursing home in Yorba Linda. She was there for four months while we tried to get her meds adjusted just right...nothing was working. The meds would begin to work and then she would go downhill once again. We finally met the right doctor who specializes in cases like my mom...he got her on the right meds. (Praise God they are still working) Because the meds were working we decided that it was time to move mom from the nursing home into a Residential Care Facility. Many of you are wondering...why not just bring her home...that is a complicated answer. Just know that her husband could not care for her any longer in her house.....and does not want a home health nurse in his home either. Ryan and I would love to have mom at home with us, but we live in a small apartment and realize that it just wouldn't be healthy for us. So we moved her into a Residential Care Facility at the end of July.
What a great move...mom did great...but the adjustment period has been one of the toughest times of my life. Mom has had several falls, one requiring a trip to the ER ...she is doing better now.
At this time I am waiting for God to take her home..there is no other way to put it. I want her to be happy and cared for and in the arms of her loving heavenly Father....
I created this blog as a way to post my thoughts...but also to keep you (friends and family) up to date in the ongoing trails that I am facing! Thank you all so much for your prayers and support!!!
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