It was family meeting time at Jeff's ALF, and I was very fortunate that 2 of his brothers were able to join me. Among the topics, (as I supposed it would be,) was that he will be changing from "care plus" to "care plus plus" or something like that, which is just a way of saying that he needs so much hands-on help with everything that it will cost more. Oh well...I was just waiting to be told. Knew it was coming!
Also, the steepness of his decline was noted, with speculation about whether a scan would be useful to understand where he was. I thought probably not--for what practical purpose would we even want to transport him for such a test? But I think the staff encounters families who are more in denial about their LOs decline, and it can help them come to grips, maybe, to have a medical test. I don't think that would do me any good. Also, the notion of hospice was brought up for the first time ever. I don't think we're quite to the point of evaluation yet, but they'll let me know when they think it's appropriate.
Jeff seemed to absorb the presence of his brothers in a way that was obvious in his mood and spirits. That was nice to see. It's funny how even when he can't comprehend much or articulate much, you can still see the old "3 Stooges" demeanor coming through in his gestures and facial expression.
I wonder, along these lines, and will ask our neuro next week at our appt, if anyone has had a letter drafted by the doctor that can be copied and sent to the family members who are in denial or are just really absorbed in their own happy go lucky lives. I would like such a document. To send out. To the kids who know dad has this disease but don't really get it.
Very artistic and original swearing, Mimi! When I was 6, I had a sew-on collar for a school dress that had similar embroidery in red and green. In the Depression, a neighbour had made me a dress from an old skirt of hers. The skirt was a deep maroon colour, and there were two collars. One was like your swearing, the other was done in cross stitch.
An option might be to get a copy of the doctors notes in his medical records. I have a copy of all Art's. If there are things you don't want them to see, you can black it out.
On the Mac 1-Open System Preferences 2-Click on Language & Text 3-Click on the Input Sources Tab 4-Check on next to Keyboard & Character viewer. This will add a menu towards the right of the menu bar, a square with a * in it. Click on the menu and you will see 2 options, Show Character Viewer and Show Keyboard Viewer.
Show Keyboard Viewer will open a miniature keyboard. Press the Option and/or Shift keys so see how to type all sorts of special characters. The accent keys are special in that you type them and then the letter that should appear under the accent.
Show Character Viewer shows you all sorts of special glyphs (character) in different fonts. Find the glyph you want and double-click on it and it will type that character into the frontmost program. ✌
Mimi - not me, I am so far behind the curve these days. I have used Macs since the 90s ... at work and at home. But now we have PCs at work - ugh. It's hard to go between the two. I keep using PC shortcuts on my Mac, and they don't work! LOL
I started out with PCs and then when my second one needed to be replaced in about 2004 or so, my cousin said we are going to the MAC store and that is when I got my first one...a 17" MAC Book Pro ( still have it) for photos..my second was my iMAC which is just 3 years old and my MacBook for travel but now I have added an iPad to my group...must get busy and clear the photos off and then I'll have the space to upgrade..Nothing like all these external hard drives Hahahahaha