Absolutely awesome news regarding Grant's respite this year
G'day neuro buddies both old and new and some inbetween :)
It just amazes us how God looks after us even in crisis situations. At the time of the crisis we do not know what is happening and then 'BOOM' everything falls into place in a positive way!
As you know since Grant turned 18, he has gone to a nursing home for 2 weeks respite each visit. He is entitled (although not guaranteed), 56 days a year in a nursing home. Even though there have been a few times where we have had the full 56 days booked (4 stays of 2 weeks each), we never managed to get Grant in for that time because of health issues and hospital crises.
You may recall that when Grant turned 18 DHS (Department of Human Services) folk insisted that we look into nursing home respite for Grant. Well they very kindly started the search going, and there was only one nursing home in the region that was willing to give it a go. Grant's seizure condition scared all the other nursing homes off!
NURSING HOME STAYS
We have been wonderfully blessed with Grant being able to go to the nursing home. It has always been something that we have looked forward to. Something that is at the end of a tunnel, if Grant has not been well. However, this year for reasons unknown to us, the nursing home offered only one 2 week stay in November = 'Crikey, Paul and Alison. That is a long wait for a break'. Well thought :)
ISP COORDINATOR TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE
The ISP (Individual Support Plan) coordinator, Joan, not her real name took up the challenge towards the end of last year to find a nursing home to accept Grant. Technically Grant does not have a case worker, Joan is as close as it gets, but that is okay. Long complex story, but nothing sinister at all :)
Joan wanted us to send in the ACAS form which states that Grant is permanently disabled and does not need yearly reviews for respite. I sent the form in to her a few weeks ago.
SUPERMAN WOULD BE CHALLENGED :)
Last Monday Joan contacted us to say that she had found a nursing home that might take Grant in. We immediately phoned the intake person and visited next day. The nursing home is a delightful one; slightly more modern than the one Grant has gone to. A wonderful link to the nursing home is that one of the outside gardens was built by students from Alison's school. How about that eh :)
The intake person said that we needed to contact the organisation that makes the bookings. We don't request the bookings, but instead have to have the bookings made by an organisation. Sounds a bit odd, but that is how it works. I immediately phoned the organisation. That was last Tuesday. The person said that he would have to get a person to meet us and do all the documentation etc, and couldn't do that until the following week. I explained that Alison went back to school soon, so I asked him if he could expedite the meeting.
NOW COP THIS LOT :)
The following day the booking organisation phoned to say that Grant was booked in twice this year and once in January of next year!
BUT THERE IS MORE :) The respite times are when Alison is on holidays.'Paul and Alison that is unreal'. Yes it is unreal. How good is that.
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET :)
So, last Monday we visited the nursing home and then by Wednesday all the documention was completed, etc, etc, etc, and bookings for the year were made. Even Superman would have been challenged to move that quickly!!!
GOD' S HAND ON THE BOOKING
You know, when Grant's nursing home reduced his stay to 2 weeks this year, we were pretty much gutted. 'Crumbs and Crikey' we thought to ourselves. But behind the scenes God was working to bring this new nursing home on the scene. To be honest, even though we have really been blessed at the previous nursing home, many times when Grant has come home, his psoriasis has been much, much worse. Of course this could have been because of his general health, or perhaps because he was not really happy there. I don't know and we certainly don't want to judge. But clearly it was time (in retrospect) to find a new nursing home for Grant.
The nursing home is Olivet Aged Care and is only 25 minutes away from where we live. It is run by the Christadelphians, a splinter Christian organisation, so that also is a wonderful blessing.
Here is a link to their nursing home. (Grant will go in the high needs respite care section)
Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...
Good News eh :) and God is good :) :)
Make sure you visit the site and let us know what you reckon.
Best wishes to you all of course. God bless and seeya.
Paul, Alison, and Grant doing the famous BEC HAPPY DANCE
MECS GARDEN.jpg
Ps. Make sure you click on the small image above. It is a photo of a garden at Olivet nursing home that was landscaped and built by students from Alison's school. We want them to come to our home ASAP :)
It just amazes us how God looks after us even in crisis situations. At the time of the crisis we do not know what is happening and then 'BOOM' everything falls into place in a positive way!
As you know since Grant turned 18, he has gone to a nursing home for 2 weeks respite each visit. He is entitled (although not guaranteed), 56 days a year in a nursing home. Even though there have been a few times where we have had the full 56 days booked (4 stays of 2 weeks each), we never managed to get Grant in for that time because of health issues and hospital crises.
You may recall that when Grant turned 18 DHS (Department of Human Services) folk insisted that we look into nursing home respite for Grant. Well they very kindly started the search going, and there was only one nursing home in the region that was willing to give it a go. Grant's seizure condition scared all the other nursing homes off!
NURSING HOME STAYS
We have been wonderfully blessed with Grant being able to go to the nursing home. It has always been something that we have looked forward to. Something that is at the end of a tunnel, if Grant has not been well. However, this year for reasons unknown to us, the nursing home offered only one 2 week stay in November = 'Crikey, Paul and Alison. That is a long wait for a break'. Well thought :)
ISP COORDINATOR TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE
The ISP (Individual Support Plan) coordinator, Joan, not her real name took up the challenge towards the end of last year to find a nursing home to accept Grant. Technically Grant does not have a case worker, Joan is as close as it gets, but that is okay. Long complex story, but nothing sinister at all :)
Joan wanted us to send in the ACAS form which states that Grant is permanently disabled and does not need yearly reviews for respite. I sent the form in to her a few weeks ago.
SUPERMAN WOULD BE CHALLENGED :)
Last Monday Joan contacted us to say that she had found a nursing home that might take Grant in. We immediately phoned the intake person and visited next day. The nursing home is a delightful one; slightly more modern than the one Grant has gone to. A wonderful link to the nursing home is that one of the outside gardens was built by students from Alison's school. How about that eh :)
The intake person said that we needed to contact the organisation that makes the bookings. We don't request the bookings, but instead have to have the bookings made by an organisation. Sounds a bit odd, but that is how it works. I immediately phoned the organisation. That was last Tuesday. The person said that he would have to get a person to meet us and do all the documentation etc, and couldn't do that until the following week. I explained that Alison went back to school soon, so I asked him if he could expedite the meeting.
NOW COP THIS LOT :)
The following day the booking organisation phoned to say that Grant was booked in twice this year and once in January of next year!
BUT THERE IS MORE :) The respite times are when Alison is on holidays.'Paul and Alison that is unreal'. Yes it is unreal. How good is that.
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET :)
So, last Monday we visited the nursing home and then by Wednesday all the documention was completed, etc, etc, etc, and bookings for the year were made. Even Superman would have been challenged to move that quickly!!!
GOD' S HAND ON THE BOOKING
You know, when Grant's nursing home reduced his stay to 2 weeks this year, we were pretty much gutted. 'Crumbs and Crikey' we thought to ourselves. But behind the scenes God was working to bring this new nursing home on the scene. To be honest, even though we have really been blessed at the previous nursing home, many times when Grant has come home, his psoriasis has been much, much worse. Of course this could have been because of his general health, or perhaps because he was not really happy there. I don't know and we certainly don't want to judge. But clearly it was time (in retrospect) to find a new nursing home for Grant.
The nursing home is Olivet Aged Care and is only 25 minutes away from where we live. It is run by the Christadelphians, a splinter Christian organisation, so that also is a wonderful blessing.
Here is a link to their nursing home. (Grant will go in the high needs respite care section)
Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...
Good News eh :) and God is good :) :)
Make sure you visit the site and let us know what you reckon.
Best wishes to you all of course. God bless and seeya.
Paul, Alison, and Grant doing the famous BEC HAPPY DANCE
MECS GARDEN.jpg
Ps. Make sure you click on the small image above. It is a photo of a garden at Olivet nursing home that was landscaped and built by students from Alison's school. We want them to come to our home ASAP :)
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