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Tinyshoes

rhosynbach wrote: »

thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions

Hope it mends well and it is not too painful for her. I see you live quite a way from your mum, I forget how lucky I am to only live 5 minutes away. What a worry for you.

She should be entitled to some help on discharge from hospital but it will depend on the local authority how long for, they all have their own rules these days. Hospital social worker would be the way forward, she should get an assesment from an Occupational therapist. HTHs

rhosynbach

nikkilala wrote: »

I'm sure Nannylala can help with this one;)She broke her wrist after falling off a chair and had an op to sort it out. It was her left wrist and she is left handed and don't like to say it but it left her far more incapacitated than she thought it would:(She stayed with me for the first week but couldnt even wring a flannel out or open a lid for ages:(Best to try and get some extra help if you can. Mind you Nannylalas biggest gripe was not being able to get her make up on properly or wash her hair

its mums left to but she is right handed never thought about silly things like lids, washing hair etc at least she only has the parrot to look after and not the pony still one less problem to worry about..

nikkilala_2

rhosynbach wrote: »

thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions you are all :A love the one cup idea will look in to one of those .
begining to think it is going to be harder than we thought
have mentioned to her about needing help she just said i have one good arm still, and says she will be fine,
we have no room for her to stay here and i dont think she would want to anyway i wish we were a bit nearer and that i drove it would make things easier,

Tinys idea for that is brilliant:T This one here looks good, we bought DS one for uni because he was allowed to keep it in his room but not a kettle and it is perfect for when hes studying;) (And because hes a lazy b00ger and we have a hot tap at home!)
Nannylala couldnt lift anything for a long time so it would be a good investment and I have a friend who has arthritis who has one too

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&cp=11&gs_id=28&xhr=t&q=hot+water+dispenser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1366&bih=651&wrapid=tljp1350996174729036&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2262800557535520789&sa=X&ei=35CGUM-GF5CZhQe8-IHQBA&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ8wIwAQ

nat21luv

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rhosynbach wrote: »

thanks for your replies had not thought about talking to the hospital about help so thank you both i will do that, unfortunatly were we are , very rural, there is no day centres or anything i would love to have her for tea each day but i dont drive and she lives over 30 minuites away there is one bus i can get there and one home during the day and none in the evening so am cooking meals as well now to put in freezer hopefully if oh is home from work early enough he can collect her.
thanks again :A

Another useful link. The red cross run a "home from hospital" service. When I broke my wrist I stayed in over night - I was just howling, partly in pain but mostly in misery so they sent my OH home with our 3 offspring - all in primary and junior school at the time.
A nice girl collected us each morning from home and she took me and the children to school and back for the weeks I was in plaster - absolute treasure.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Health-and-social-care/Health-and-social-care-in-the-UK/Care-in-the-home

I think you need to be very pro active with the hospital to get things organised and ready for whenever your mum comes home.

They dont tend to keep them in hospital for very long now - it might even be possible for your mum to go into a care home for a time - around here you can get up to 12 weeks and the cost is covered by social services.

P2TKL

midwinter wrote: »

Not only is the doorstop a great idea, but also provide him with a big tub of quality street (or whatever), that they can share

Another good one...although the temptation to eat them all himself might be too much

nikkilala_2

rhosynbach wrote: »

its mums left to but she is right handed never thought about silly things like lids, washing hair etc at least she only has the parrot to look after and not the pony still one less problem to worry about..

Well thats good thats its not her dominant hand:TIt is the really daft things down to putting toothpaste on your toothbrush:(It depends what the break is like but in the beginning Nannylala couldnt even hold anything in her bad arm/wrist. If she tells them she lives alone would she be entitled to some help?

rhosynbach

nikkilala wrote: »

Tinys idea for that is brilliant:T This one here looks good, we bought DS one for uni because he was allowed to keep it in his room but not a kettle and it is perfect for when hes studying;) (And because hes a lazy b00ger and we have a hot tap at home!)
Nannylala couldnt lift anything for a long time so it would be a good investment and I have a friend who has arthritis who has one too

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&cp=11&gs_id=28&xhr=t&q=hot+water+dispenser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1366&bih=651&wrapid=tljp1350996174729036&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2262800557535520789&sa=X&ei=35CGUM-GF5CZhQe8-IHQBA&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ8wIwAQ

thanks nikkilala for finding one for me :Tthat looks great and we have a currys on the way to the hospital so i can pick her one up before she comes home it looks a lot safer and easier than using the kettle so thanks to you and TINY

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Tinyshoes

nikkilala wrote: »

Tinys idea for that is brilliant:T This one here looks good, we bought DS one for uni because he was allowed to keep it in his room but not a kettle and it is perfect for when hes studying;) (And because hes a lazy b00ger and we have a hot tap at home!)
Nannylala couldnt lift anything for a long time so it would be a good investment and I have a friend who has arthritis who has one too

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&cp=11&gs_id=28&xhr=t&q=hot+water+dispenser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1366&bih=651&wrapid=tljp1350996174729036&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2262800557535520789&sa=X&ei=35CGUM-GF5CZhQe8-IHQBA&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ8wIwAQ

That's the one Nikki, though mum's is not that snazzy red one. I got in on Ts Direct using a code from MSE for £10 off. She has had it about 3 years now and it still going strong. Can definitely recommend it.

Will only work for rhosynbach's mum if someone can fill it each day as they are heavy to refill. I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I do struggle with the weight once full.