Monday round-up

Hi everyone,

It's a stark Monday morning out there for me here on the south coast. A steel-grey sky typical of November. My husband who migrated here 10 years ago makes me laugh as he still cannot sort out our seasons. In Guyana, where he's from, it's always hot and dry or hot and wet, so it's oh so simple, but he constantly asks what season 'it's supposed to be' here now, as the weather just will not conform to any kind of seasonal description that he recognises.

Welcome to any and all who have just joined us or taken the time to post here this week. We've had contact from several people previously little known or unknown to me which has been great and I hope you've felt welcome and supported by us.

News on my home front with my sister is good. You might remember we had a family crisis after she had a serious slip and fall accident, and is the carer for her husband with mixed dementia.

I'm now in communication with her in hospital and she's doing really well and getting around on a walking frame with not too much pain. She's had one or two small setbacks, but if those are resolved, might even make it home before too long.

And meantime at her home, social services are assessing their living situation and coming up with solutions for their practical problems so that, with a little help, they will still be able to be independent until she hopefully makes an even better recovery.

Her own children who have been helping out were dismayed as many of us are at the struggle there was to make Social Services realise the size of the emergency and the speed with which help was needed. Leaving aside social services' difficulties in being so overstretched, that can't be an excuse when it reaches a point that a partially sighted man with a middle-stage dementia is about to have to be left at home to cope alone. But finally, at the eleventh hour help arrived.

I'm sure that many of you have also faced this knife-edge situation in a crisis.

So here we are on the fresh page of a Monday morning. It's likely to be a quiet one for all of us in England in particular, but for all of us, I hope we can all find some enjoyment in our coming week. Take care everyone and stay safe and positive! 🙏👍🌈😊

[sassy59]

Lovely to hear from you again Callendersgal on this typical November morning. At least it’s dry. I can appreciate how confusing your husband must find things as our weather never co-operates.

Better news about your sister and her dear husband but I am gobsmacked at the slowness of social services in what was an extremely urgent case to help an extremely vulnerable man. Dear me. I wish them both well.

Hello to anybody new and so nice to hear from Tricity. Good to see how well he’s doing. We’re always here to chat so don’t hold back.

Have a good week everyone, try and keep your spirits up and stay safe.

Take care, Carole xxxxx👍😘💜

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Hi Carole,

Thank you for your lovely good wishes which I'll pass on to the family, because I think it really does help to know that the wider world does care for each other in oh so many ways. It was lovely to make Tricity's acquaintance and I noted that you knew him already from BLF. He's looking amazing! I add to your wish for him to contribute here any time he would like, and that goes for everyone else too.

I've had a gremlin attack this morning, when my post appeared on PWB instead of here! I've left it there too, as it actually got some responses! Sue xxx🙏🌈💖

[sassy59 in reply to Hidden]

You’re welcome and I agree it’s nice to know that others do care. I’ve known Tricity for a while and was so pleased to see him doing well.

Sometimes those gremlins price to be quite useful. Glad you had some responses. Xxx😘😀💖❤️

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Good morning! Cold, windy, and no sun here in my part of the U.S. I would like to bypass winter and get to spring....lol.

Glad to hear things are working out for your sister and husband. It was extremely difficult to get care for my father during his health decline with dementia and COPD. He lived in a rural area and there are just too many gaps with healthcare and federal/state programs. My elderly mother couldn't do it on her own and two of us kids did what we could. One program that he qualified for didn't have any workers who would go to his rural area. I feel for people in similar situations.

Covid cases are surging here. Looks like all the schools will be going online for the near future.

Wishing you and everyone a blessed week!