About who needs care: My mom has moderately advanced dementia and some mobility issues from arthritis in her knees. I work from home but have to be at work 2nd Tuesdays and 4th Thursdays of the month. I do everything from cooking, washing clothes, to helping shower to wiping bottom to changing linens. She can feed herself but can be messy at times. I just need someone to give me respite on Friday evenings and to stay with her when I have to go to work on 2nd Tuesdays and 4th Thursdays. She does have a medical guardian pendant around her neck in case of emergencies if I am not here. About the care needs: I need someone to just sit with her, maybe try to get her to use one of many coloring books or word search puzzles to activate her activities. She has meds that makes her sleepy but due to the dementia she may see ppl or speak of the deceased but at other times, she seems fine mentally. It's a hard call. She is about 113 and has mobility issues so may need help getting to the bathroom or to the bedside commode in her room. She has 30 years of hardware in her back from a lumbarectomy (sp?) years ago so she mainly stays in the bed but could use some exercise of some sort. Services needed include: feeding, and bathing / dressing.
Bathing / Dressing
Feeding