It was far from easy to get Maureen to see a G P yesterday.  It required  teamwork to get her to the Medical Centre and achieve a good outcome.

Gail our carer played a blinder easing Maureen toward her appointment at noon.  While I tidied up my vegetable patch she persuaded Maureen to provide a sample that was needed to check for UTI.  All seemed well until we got to our Medical Centre when Maureen claimed she had only come to drop off her sample.  Gail came to my rescue as Maureen gave me the cold shoulder along with some verbal when the receptionist informed her she had an appointment to see a GP.

I took a back seat for a while and left the girls to it.  After a while I sat beside Maureen and asked her if she minded me coming in with her so I could get further advice on my shoulder.

Dr Sibtain was excellent with Maureen. He would have been awarded a badge for following the approach I Blogged about yesterday:

His message to us was quite simple ‘don’t dwell on issues, enjoy the good times and find nice things to do’.  How fortunate we are to have so many compassionate people helping us on our journey.  More team members have come into play today to help us on our journey.

Sue our social worker has encouraged an assessment by the Mental Health Team.  Dr Munjal has returned to work this morning and is referring Maureen back to the Memory Service for assessment.  They are both well aware of how carefully we have to tread because of Maureen’s ongoing fear that we are all conspiring to lock her away.