Better late than never!

Finally my Mum is home and life for me is even busier.  She is still in need of a lot of support and we have carers going in 4 times a day.  I naively thought that carers could empty the bathroom and kitchen bins, change sheets, make sure Mum has clean clothes on every day etc but no, apparently some of these are considered health and safety issues and ensuring clean clothes and personal hygiene is abuse if not volunteered by the person needing care!  Sadly my Mum has had a small stroke and so her memory is now very poor so she often forgets if her clothes are those she had on the previous day and to be fair to the carers, they are different each visit sometimes so they wouldn't necessarily know.  I have however made gentle suggestions such as ensuring Mum's clothes go into the washing machine at the last visit of the day and explaining to her why a shower / body wash is important.  I am not grumbling just frustrated at the things Mum needs that I need to do every time I visit.  This means I ned to visit more regularly now to do all these little jobs that pile up.  It would be so much easier if she lived nearer to me and I am making enquiries about this but it isn't looking too hopeful. I have managed a few cards here and there and I thought you might like to see one I made after testing a cut file from myscrapchick.com , I think my great nephew will love it.