I’m meeting our social worker at 11.30 am this morning to complete my Carers Assessment

If I am to have a life of my own alongside being Maureen’s Care Partner my shopping list of aspirations is as follows:

• Daily 3 hour sits from 1o am until 1 pm with a regular team of Carers.
• Maureen to attend Day Care from 10 am until 5 am, ideally for two days a week, at Royal Court Care Home.  Provisionally from week commencing Monday 22nd August.
• One trip a month to visit family in Coventry or London with care from 7 am until 9.30 pm.  Next trip Friday 19th August
• Three days of respite a month for Buddhist Retreats, at the Madhyamaka Centre in Pocklington, with wall to wall care from 7 am on the first day until 6 pm on the third.  Next trip Monday 5th September onwards.
• Professional support to continue to be provided by Focus, Admiral Nursing, the Home Treatment Team and Clee Medical Centre.
• Family members to commit to scheduled visits (needs coordination).
• Daily meditation by following teachings on YouTube and reading.
• Regular attendance at Tai Chi classes.
• Regular attendance at Cleethorpes Leisure Centre.
• To continue to grow vegetables and use gardening as ‘in house therapy’.
• To meet my Lifelong Learning needs through On Line Courses.
• To remain a card holding (inactive) member of the Labour Party.
• To reinvigorate my role as a volunteer with the local Dementia Engagement Project.
• To continue blogging my experiences as a Care Partner.
• To continue following the fortunes of Coventry City via Sky Blue Player.

Two important principles: no more vagaries from me and all arrangements for care to be reliable and sustainable. Time also for me to reflect on the Serenity Prayer:

Edit: Social worker off sick so the meeting is cancelled.