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Another good thing about moving to the new place: I no longer have to be a "morning person”. Bless his heart, the father-in-law needed lots of socializing, and morning socializing was his favorite. 
#CareGiving #ElderCare
Unspouse is safely back from business travel.
Because of above, I’ll now get an assist with #CareGiving #ElderCare - it's been a tough week for the father-in-law, and it rolled downhill onto me, lol.
Internet access installed at new place; could actually work from there starting now, just bring the laptop, a card table and a folding chair. 
Hello! I forgot to make an intro post when I moved to this instance. Ope!
I am Nessie. For entertainment, I make messes and then try and figure out how to clean them up. Aka I’m an artist, haha.
I’m interested in lots of stuff! Stuff like this:
#Poorskills #Repurposing #Degrowth #ZeroWaste #SolarPunk #HopePunk #Gardening #ScratchCooking #SeedSaving #HouseKeeping #SimpleLiving #Dyslexia #ElderCare #Biking #SlowLiving #Drawing #PenAndInk #MixedMediaArt #AltText #DisabilityRights
And a bunch of other things that’ll pop up as I go along. Pleased to meet you all and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Compassion *does* generate sympathy
My father-in-law (who's been an asshole since long before he voted for Trump) is dying at home, as he wants. Spouse and I are making it possible. This has been strongly proving the truism that just treating someone with compassion softens your feelings towards them, whether or not that's deliberate.
We still dislike him intensely, and are looking forward to his death. But my heartily despising him has faded to a cognitive recognition that those feelings were & are warranted, without being caught up in them. Spouse has noticed it, too, though I'm not presuming to describe his feelings.
Maybe we're just avoiding cognitive dissonance. Whatever it is, I'll take it. Looking after a dying person who's shifting in and out of lucidity is hard enough without my heart rate going up every time I talk to him.
Also? If nursing home staff were paid more than neurosurgeons, it wouldn't be enough.
"Malaysia is already an ageing society, with 8.1 per cent of its population aged 65 and above in 2024, according to the United Nations (UN) Development Programme.
This proportion is set to rise to 14.5 per cent – pushing Malaysia into aged status – by 2040, which is sooner than expected. The government’s previous forecast was 2044."
February 14th to 19th 2025—full text in ALT or go to: https://www.sashamobley.com/listen/2025/3/12/february15th-to-the-19th-2025-my-birthday-to-2nd-day-on-the-job
Life is hard. Kids have been demanding this weekend, spouse has been under the weather, and I went to visit my dad (who is on month 4 of living in the hospital even though he shouldn't be) who was not lucid at all during our visit. I'm sad, discouraged, and worn out. 
#parenting #ElderCare #SandwichGeneration
Authorities are awaiting necropsy results to determine how the couple’s kelpie mix died. Starvation could have been a cause of death but ofcls are still unsure, Phipps said, noting that dogs do not get sick from hantavirus. Zinna underwent a procedure on Feb 9, which could explain why the dog was in a crate…. The couple’s other 2 dogs were found alive & had been able to go in & out of the house through an open door, authorities said.
#GeneHackman #alzheimers #ElderCare
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/us/gene-hackman-wife-death-investigation/index.html
My grandfather was a doctor & my grandmother was a nurse, so perhaps there was a false sense of security in that knowledge. Bottom line, memory affecting disease can seriously impact survival.
My partner was just commenting on how the set up for Librewolf starts out with all security measures on straight out of the gate and how fantastic it is for people who are dealing with elderly parents who maybe aren't as tech savvy or informed. The trouble shooting you are left with when they have any issue is minimal from that point, which based on my own experience is sometimes days of work trying to track down what exactly happened, with a parent who wasn't always honest about what went down. Keep your elders safe! Librewolf is great!
With how quickly norovirus ripped through father-in-law's household (unspouse is now sick, despite precautions), gotta rethink current preps. Biggest pain point* is FIL himself; cognitive decline means mask wearing and hand-washing is a hit/miss. How to keep us all safe if bird flu becomes a human issue too? #ElderCare #CognitiveDecline
*not meaning Pain In The Arse, though we can all be that too 
If you have an older person in your life, and you think you might need to arrange that you have power of attorney of their finances at some point: don't wait too long to put that into place.
It's significantly more complicated to arrange that kind of thing when the person is frail and has difficulty walking.
Rather do it before it becomes completely necessary, than wait until it's difficult to arrange.
She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death https://www.byteseu.com/753535/ #Alzheimer'sDisease #AudioNegativeSad #AudioNeutralInformative #dementia #doctors #ElderCare #LawAndLegislation #LivingWillsAndHealthCareProxies #Netherlands #NursingHomes
Japan loves robots, so with declining & aging population, pressures in health and elder care are enormous. So why not try robot caregivers?
We should be wary of this approach. Here’s what happened:
- lifting robots cumbersome, take too much time to move from room to room
- distraction & entertainment robot pets needed staff supervision
- recreation leader robots were repetitive, time-consuming, and ignored unless staff stayed involved
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/
I really need to find a job in Portugal. What can a partially-disabled trans guy do over there? #help #USAsucks #2dAnimation #DataEntry #ElderCare
![A screenshot of a news article. It reads as follows:
Today, Musk reposted a social media post from MAGA religious extremist General Mike Flynn, who resigned from his position as Trump’s national security advisor in 2017 after pleading guilty to secret conversations with a Russian agent—for which Trump pardoned him—and who publicly embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory. In today’s post, Flynn complained about “the ‘Lutheran’ faith” and, referring to federal grants provided to Lutheran Family Services and affiliated organizations, said, “this use of ‘religion’ as a money laundering operation must end.” Musk added: “The [DOGE] team is rapidly shutting down these illegal payments.”
In fact, this is money appropriated by Congress, and its payment is required by law. Republican lawmakers have pushed government subsidies and grants toward religious organizations for years, and Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, where it operates senior living facilities.
South Dakota is the home of Senate majority leader John Thune, who has not been a strong Trump supporter, as well as Homeland Security secretary nominee Kristi Noem.](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/940/741/636/072/929/original/8e88a6b11381305a.png "A screenshot of a news article. It reads as follows:
Today, Musk reposted a social media post from MAGA religious extremist General Mike Flynn, who resigned from his position as Trump’s national security advisor in 2017 after pleading guilty to secret conversations with a Russian agent—for which Trump pardoned him—and who publicly embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory. In today’s post, Flynn complained about “the ‘Lutheran’ faith” and, referring to federal grants provided to Lutheran Family Services and affiliated organizations, said, “this use of ‘religion’ as a money laundering operation must end.” Musk added: “The [DOGE] team is rapidly shutting down these illegal payments.”
In fact, this is money appropriated by Congress, and its payment is required by law. Republican lawmakers have pushed government subsidies and grants toward religious organizations for years, and Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, where it operates senior living facilities.
South Dakota is the home of Senate majority leader John Thune, who has not been a strong Trump supporter, as well as Homeland Security secretary nominee Kristi Noem.")
Judge refuses to issue injunction blocking nursing home staff mandates
>>In his decision siding with the federal government, United States District Judge Leonard T. Strand stated that “with regard to nearly every aspect of the final rule, the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that a preliminary injunction is necessary in order to preserve the status quo and prevent irreparable harm.”<<
#OklahomaVoice #ElderCare #Nursing
https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/01/16/judge-refuses-to-issue-injunction-blocking-nursing-home-staff-mandates/