Dr Appointments

We have been so lucky with doctor appointments. It can be quite difficult to get her to the doctor. She might refuse to go or it might take so long to convince her to go, that you miss the appointment time. We use UCI and many times her doctor will come to us. It makes things so much easier. Sometimes it is just a challenge to get her to agree to shower much less go out into the world. If she knows the doctor is coming, she is much more likely to agree to whatever we may need her to do. Initially the doctors gave us a very hard time that we missed so many appointments. They actually told my daughter (who takes her to the appointments) that she could get in trouble for not making sure she gets the appointments. My husband went to the next appointment and made sure he spoke to the doctor along and told her how it wasn't very nice of her to make our daughter worry like that. Basically threatening her with elder abuse. My husband also asked the doctor and Social Worker who joined them how they would get a full grown woman somewhere who refused to go. Of course they had no answers. it was very frustrating but when you know a family is doing everything they can to take care of a family member, how is giving them a hard time for missing some appointments the way to go. However it occurred, they have been coming to us for the most part which is really great.