I am in California, with my husband, dropping my daughter off at Berkeley, where she will start college tomorrow. My son lives in San Francisco, so it has been an interesting interlude.
I was in Sacramento, visiting an old friend when my cell phone rang. It was the nursing home that is nearer to my house,calling to say that they were starting a new program for patients who were higher end. They wanted to them to live on the third floor, which is usually reserved for the patients who need the most help The idea would be that the new patients, who would live in a "pod", would be able to do the activities on the second floor which has the patients which are more mobile and alert. The pod residents would be able to switch over to the second floor as beds opened up.
I suppose this is happening for some internal reason,like they can't keep their third floor full I am hoping that this will be ok for my brother. I see it as a way of getting him in the door of this nursing home. This is the same one that I wrote bout earlier that told me that there was no way to ever get him in because he was public aid.
Since I was in California, I called our case manager and asked her to assist in taking my brother over to this new home to see if he likes it Also the new nursing home send staff over to the old home to evaluate him. So nothing is a done deal.
I am having fantasies of 15 minute drives instead of 45 minute drives each way, and being able to drive him around in our town, which is also the one he has lived in most of his life. I am thinking holidays are going to much, much easier, and that I can have him over to my house more often on the weekend. I am thinking that moving him to a new nursing home may be moer stimulating for him, right now, he is spending too much time sleeping and staring into space.
I am hoping he will be on his best behavior as he is interviewed, etc.
Wish us luck!
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