Companion Care Needed For My Mother In Frisco

About the job

About who needs care: MaryLou has dementia, she has an equal number of bad and good days. She has bladder cancer, which is stable, with no chemo or radiation. She will not have her bladder removed. Her interests are cars, planes, and her two kitty cats. She sleeps until she wakes up (maybe 8 to 10 o'clock) , putters around, then takes an afternoon nap. She has meals delivered Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday around 5 o'clock. About the care needs: We do not need housekeeping help, we have her home cleaned every 3 weeks. I think she needs someone who will just come in do what they need to do, chat some, but without hovering over her. She is pretty independent. She loves cars, has a corvette, a thunderbird and an 1978 Oldsmobile. They are all classics, and will talk your ears off about them. She is actually my second cousin, but was a close cousin to my mom, so like a grandma in the family. I am her executer and power of attorney. I take her to all her doctor's appointments, and my daughter and I take care of her finances. The family and I do what we can, but we are at least an hour away, and all still work. She is at the point she just needs some additional help, and she wants to stay in her home. She takes care of herself pretty good, and her kitties, but all the other stuff is not getting done, with laundry being the biggest task not getting done currently. Here are our initial thoughts on what she needs help with currently: laundry, changing her bed sheets once a week, cleaning and changing her litter boxes, making sure her fridge is clean of old food, and making sure she gets her trash to the trash can. Future: maybe every day, errands (we have limited her driving to Walmart around the corner from her house and the gas station). This is our first step to not letting her drive, just will be awful for her. We plan to keep the housekeepers, she just needs some additional support with other chores. She feels 11 am would be a good time for her, but this can be negotiable. We were thinking: Monday and Friday, one hour each day: an hour just to check things, say hi, put their eyes on her, that she is up and going. Wednesday (3 to 4 hours): laundry mostly. Change her bed, and do some laundry. The schedule for laundry can be determined. Maybe 3 loads a week (sheets, towels clothes). This can be changed by the person, just depends on what she has. She also is not good at keeping her fridge cleaned out, so we have to throw away expired and old food. The person can maybe do some little things she might need, but it shouldn't really be housework, as the maids do a pretty good job. She tends to pile up her trash by the back door and in her bathroom, then forgets to take it out. The same with laundry, it piles up. These become tripping issues. These are our thoughts so far, and I am sure things will change as time goes by. She is 88, and like I previously said, she takes care of herself good, just not the other stuff. She wants to do it, but I think she just forgets. She starts the laundry, but never finishes and it dries up in the washer. Services needed include: meal preparation, errands / shopping, and light housekeeping.