Yip Stress is here again. I normally would not put this out there.
You might ask how could I have stress living with such a person that has a Wonderful Smile like that.
Let me tell you all a story. To start this story Abbi is a 85 pound person that must be lifted into her bed, shower, and wheelchair in order to care for her. According to the rules set down by the nursing and aide services, nurses can lift 50 pounds and Aides can lift 25 pounds. Which adds up to 75 pounds. Which leaves 10 pounds of Abbi that can not be picked up during a transfer by the aide and nurse together.
Now this is a new issue because, for the seven years of having an aide and nurse when the current services have one to send. No one told me that the aides could only pickup 25 pounds until the last aide hurt herself in the lower back on her first day here. She claimed workmans comp to help with her bad back.
Now two months without any aide they called me to say they found one to send here to help out with Abbi. They told me that this aide cannot assist in transfers at all. I said what good will she be to me if I still have to help with all transfers. I suggested they send the supervisor here, that is saying that the aide can not lift Abbi so she can see and explain this to me.
So in the morning we are going to have a new aide, her boss, and a nurse from their office here so I can show them the transfers and let them see why we can not use a hoyer lift in our home. The nurse I have currently will also be here to help me in the demonstration of transfers.
I will update the results of the gathering of minds in my weekly up date this Friday night or Saturday morning. Wish us luck with all this s*** that makes issues for my stress levels to rise.
My opinion is why do I have to deal with all this if the persons sent to help still need me to do all the aides work. I do not earn a penny being Abbis guardian. The aide makes poor wages at 8$ an hr. The nurses make an undisclosed amount, which means it is more than $8 an hour. Plus I need to take time outside to work in the yard and have a garden this year.
Thank you for listening about my stress makers.
Love to all