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Skriven 2014-09-02 20:22:51 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16525 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> True... You'll be there sometime, though... :)

 RH> Yes, and just have to remember to ask Mom who she thinks we are
 RH> instead of do you know who we are questions.

 NB> Worth a try...   :)

As is most anything else.

 NB>  NB>>> In any case, we're both talking about our parents getting past
 NB>  NB>>> the 3-score-and-10 mark.  :)
 NB>  RH>> Yes, and that's good. More people are reaching it these days but
 NB> not  RH>> always in the best of health. OTOH, some reach it, and
 NB> beyond, with  RH>> nairy an issue.
 NB>  NB>> Yup.

 RH> And hoping we last that long in our turn.

 NB> With the nary an (or hardly any) issue...  ;)

At least no major ones, anyway. I've had enough major issues already; I
don't want any more.

 NB>  RH>> Quite a challenge with some of them. Mom seems to be "wearing"
 NB> more of  RH>> her food this year than she was last year at this time.
 NB> But, she still  RH>> feeds herself.
 NB>  NB>> Feeding herself still is good.  :)   and the "wearing" more is
 NB> what  NB>> the bibs are for...  ;)   I'm sure staff keeps an eye on
 NB> the relative  NB>> amounts likely ingested vs worn or left on the
 NB> plate, as well..  :)

 RH> Probably so, they see the folks eating (or attempting to) and then see
 RH> the plates, bowls, etc as they're collected for cleaning. Nobody looks
 RH> like they're starving.

 NB> Looks could be deceiving... but yes... and the staff would know how
 NB> much food had been started out with, since all the plates are about
 NB> the same amount coming up from the kitchen...  :)

IIRC, they dish up the food onto the plates. I think the meals are
cooked over at the hospital, then run over to the nursing facility in
keep warm units. From there they go to the different floors where aides
dish up the meals per the patient's request (or how they interpret what
the patient is trying to say).


 NB>  RH>>> Not nursing a baby or running after a toddler any more. (G)
 NB>  NB>>> Quite!  :)
 NB>  RH>> Don't know if I'd have the energy to do so now.
 NB>  NB>> I'm sure I don't have it any more...  :)

 RH> I could do it part of, but not all day. Once the kid goes down for a
 RH> nap, I'd be out as well.

 NB> That was the case, even in the day.  In fact, once I had my own kid, I
 NB> figured out why Mommy always made US go down for afternoon naps/rests
 NB> (even the older kids, under 12, had to at least stay on their beds,
 NB> reading was ok, but we had to stay put)... SHE needed the rest... :)

We had nap time until we were about 2nd grade--had to stay on the bed,
no books or anything allowed--we were supposed to sleep. And yes, when
our girls were small, I used some of the time to just chill out a bit
when they were napping.

 NB>  NB>> From what I've seen in hospitals around here, what gets served
 NB> isn't  NB>> all that strict a diabetic diet... they tend to just
 NB> manage blood  NB>> glucose levels with insulin shots...  I'd think it
 NB> would make better  NB>> sense to start working on getting the patient
 NB> used to eating more of  NB>> a diabetic diet, or at least learning
 NB> about it, but I'm not in
 NB>  NB>> charge there... ;)

 RH> He's in the rehab facility now so hopefully they will be trying to
 RH> rehab his doet as well. But, you can lead aa horse to water.........

 NB> Hopefully.  :)  Just because it's on his plate doesn't mean he'll eat
 NB> it...  unless he's hungry enough...  ;)   Might could be he'd learn
 NB> something about it, anyway...   :)

Time will tell. Have to see what sort of report my younger brother
makes. He's down there now, and not liking the heat/humidity.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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