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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind his needs are going to continue to increase.  Does he have a feeding tube yet?  Lack of mobility will speed his decline(sorry).  How did you find the current care giver?  Can they provide the additional hours?

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He is not doing a feeding tube and has no interest in one.  Which I totally understand.

Good point on staffing and labor rules and noshows.  I think working via the agency remains the best way, and let them earn their due by solving those issues.  He's basically got coverage 7 days x 12 hours daily.  Really needs someone a little earlier, so 14 hours daily is all he needs.

Ever see "Tuesday's with Morrie" ?  Well, he ain't no Morrie.  Doesn't like to read, doesn't have hardly any visitors.  Watches TV all day basically.  Pleasant enough fellow, and I'm fond of him, and he's my dear wife's dad so I do all I can to ease his burden. But he's rather boring to talk to.  And it pains me to say it.  Its not like he did all [i]that[/i] much when he [i]could[/i] walk.  Like Grandpa Simpson's line "I was a night watchman at a cranberry silo for 30 years".

We'll navigate through.  Its just the flow of how life goes.

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