http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1_vSVda5U&NR
Piecey said:Oh, haha. You're too much..
Maybe I should just propose and tell him the computer told me to..
I might keep BK for Saturday nights and Sundays. They'll need the help I can give with Christmas season coming up and I can definitely use the little bit of extra money..
see! see! I told you, I told you! Alex! Alex! Alex! 
Really, do they have regular climbers or what?
JLSE50 said:Tae Ja posted that I should tell everyone about the place for Mother so here I go.
I interviewed and toured 6--2-3 hours per visit.
One facility stands out from the rest--Sunrise at Carmel. It is the one which has only dementia and Alzheimer's residents. There are 7 neighborhoods in the building with 11-12 residents in each neighborhood.
There is a circular hallway surrounding a courtyard which is visible to staff and accessible to residents. Branching out from the hallway are the neighborhoods--like spokes on a wheel. Three neighborhoods plus common rooms filled with overstuffed furniture, tables, popcorn machine and an ice cream parlor are downstairs and four neighborhoods are upstairs. Neighborhoods consist of a common room with a living-diningroom feel to it. Bedrooms are around the periphery. Residents live in mixed groups so that the more capable can help those with more needs.
Neighborhoods are separated from the circular hallway by only a small fence and a doorway so that all residents can come and go and visit each other and talk over the fence, but there are some boundaries and recognizable landmarks to help residents find their way.
Each neighborhood is decorated differently and has a different theme so residents do not get confused as to which is their home. This helps them find their own neighborhood more easily than they could if all were identical.
Each room of one or two residents has its own bathroom. Bathrooms are very accessible and permit assistance without making the resident feel cramped and crowded.
Decorations in the common spaces are chosen to encourage memories--photos, lovely paintings, quilts, quality art work. One area has a wedding gown hanging on the wall that can be touched and discussed, as well as photos of weddings in frames on a desk nearby. Activities that may be chosen or not (but are encouraged) include people from all neighborhoods.
Fire doors automatically separate the area with a suspected fire from the rest of the building but can be opened to get all the residents to the other side easily and quickly. Fire drills are held to train staff but residents do not know why they are moving to a different place so that they are not unduly alarmed.
This facility is 15 miles from the condo (30-60 minutes depending on traffic) on city streets which a friend from church reports to be some of the first plowed in bad weather as it is a route used daily by commuters.
They have visiting professionals to provide medical, podiatric, dental and vision exams.
I signed a contract and my brother is sending a check so she will be on the waiting list for the next companion room to open up.
SO--in God's timing, Mother will be here.
Jan
purplern said:I just won this on ebay for DD. She wasnt happy with her old Fujifilm Finepix A310 anymore and wanted a new one. This is the one I have too and I love it! Now we have to hope it gets here in time for the cruise
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...80018700030&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
Piecey said:YAY!!
Sorry, I'm excited.
I just got the call that I got the job I interviewed for last week. I suspected as much but didn't want to get my hopes up, they kept telling me how nice I was and how put together I seemed to be and how amazed that I'd kept a job in fast food since high school...
They also talked to me about how, once I got my degree, if I was still working with them I would have an endless amount of opportunities open to me to go anywhere at all I wanted!
I am now an employee of JP Morgan Chase Bank
BEST part?? Part-time employees earn PAID sick leave and vacation!!!!!!!! I'm soo glad I got this. It pays almost $2+ an hour more than BK and I won't smell like food when I leave..
(Of course the ultimate benefit to the pay raise would be that I have to work less and have more time for school
Guess this means I won't be working with Alex for much longer.. sorry guys
Finding anything good?zweihund said:Currently browsing Old Navy online because it's raining out and I'm feeling comfy and lazy.....plus, I found DH some great shorts at Target last night that were $10 cheaper anyhow! I do love Tar-jhay.
DH tried on his suit today and he looks SO handsome! Now I just have to pick out a dress or two to go with it.....yesterday I was so excited after I got the cruise docs that he turned to me and said it's killing you to not start packing right now, isn't it?
Sometimes it scares me how well he knows me
Happy Saturday!
JLSE50 said:
Good morning all. It is 8:15 as I write.
We will be taking our little camperup near Lake Michigan for a picnic at an Environmental Learning Center (read "camp for city kids to learn about the environment") of which DH was on the Board of directors for years before we moved. We'll see the eye MD up that we like (he has followed DH since before his laser vision surgery and is keeping a close eye on recent developments since DH is one of th 5% who did not get to be glasses-free after surgery.) Camping overnight--somewhere--then home sometime Sunday. Only bad thing is I cannot get internet while we drive so cannot DIS with you.
If anyone particularly cares about details of the SUPERB Alzheimer's facility I found for Mother please let me know if I should post or PM about it. If you are all OK with the fact that I found IT and I am great with the whole concept and reality, then that is good too.
Lisa--how big is that condo?????
Someone wanted a smilie for drinking water--how about this one?
Jan
mom_of_2_princesses said:My DH said why are you going to start packing now? I said because I am already on vacation can't you tell by the house?
taeja71 said:I knew Patsy and Dawn would enter the thread after I left. I just couldn't hold on.
Maybe I'm not trying hard enough because I'm having so much fun trying to outlast Patsy.
JLSE50 said:Tae Ja posted that I should tell everyone about the place for Mother so here I go.
I interviewed and toured 6--2-3 hours per visit.
One facility stands out from the rest--Sunrise at Carmel. It is the one which has only dementia and Alzheimer's residents. There are 7 neighborhoods in the building with 11-12 residents in each neighborhood.
There is a circular hallway surrounding a courtyard which is visible to staff and accessible to residents. Branching out from the hallway are the neighborhoods--like spokes on a wheel. Three neighborhoods plus common rooms filled with overstuffed furniture, tables, popcorn machine and an ice cream parlor are downstairs and four neighborhoods are upstairs. Neighborhoods consist of a common room with a living-diningroom feel to it. Bedrooms are around the periphery. Residents live in mixed groups so that the more capable can help those with more needs.
Neighborhoods are separated from the circular hallway by only a small fence and a doorway so that all residents can come and go and visit each other and talk over the fence, but there are some boundaries and recognizable landmarks to help residents find their way.
Each neighborhood is decorated differently and has a different theme so residents do not get confused as to which is their home. This helps them find their own neighborhood more easily than they could if all were identical.
Each room of one or two residents has its own bathroom. Bathrooms are very accessible and permit assistance without making the resident feel cramped and crowded.
Decorations in the common spaces are chosen to encourage memories--photos, lovely paintings, quilts, quality art work. One area has a wedding gown hanging on the wall that can be touched and discussed, as well as photos of weddings in frames on a desk nearby. Activities that may be chosen or not (but are encouraged) include people from all neighborhoods.
Fire doors automatically separate the area with a suspected fire from the rest of the building but can be opened to get all the residents to the other side easily and quickly. Fire drills are held to train staff but residents do not know why they are moving to a different place so that they are not unduly alarmed.
This facility is 15 miles from the condo (30-60 minutes depending on traffic) on city streets which a friend from church reports to be some of the first plowed in bad weather as it is a route used daily by commuters.
They have visiting professionals to provide medical, podiatric, dental and vision exams.
I signed a contract and my brother is sending a check so she will be on the waiting list for the next companion room to open up.
SO--in God's timing, Mother will be here.
Jan
Go save pittsburgh!
