volunteer at an aged seniors centre you will have fun those oldies know how to laugh wrap a pretty hair slide to put under their tree

You don't know just how right you are. My mother was in aged care and stopped eating. I asked for her to see a doctor but nothing came of it and she was taken to hospital but in such a emaciated state the doctor said she would be unable to absorb any drugs. She was sent back to the nursing home to receive palliative care but passed away 3 days later. That was just over 2 years ago but it still makes me angry to this day. All the best with your mother.

I'm so sorry about the loss of your Mum. You cannot trust these shitty doctor. The one my mother has says she has stage 3 bladder cancer, according to her medical records she doesn't! And now she is being isolated because she has scabies from head to toe!! They are not treating it, and she will end up with infection .I am going to camp beside her bed, I have been told the facility can call the police to remove me. They'd better not!!!

That sounds terrible and I am so sorry for you. How did they let your mother catch scabies? Sounds like the nursing home my mother was in, no-one really cared. I visited mum one afternoon and she told me she hadn't had any breakfast so I asked one of the workers, she said my mother had been given toast because that is what she had asked for. They used to ask a 90 something woman what she wanted for breakfast suggesting nothing. They would leave butter and jam etc. in those little packets which my mother couldn't see because she was blind with Macular degeneration. They gave her drinks in sippy cups which she wasn't ever able to find. They were useless. Now they want more money from residents. What a joke!

Other residents are scratching too! The food is appalling and stinks. I am going to take my egg cooker with me and will make her boiled eggs. The staff in these place just cover their butts, and that's if they can speak English!!! The guardians have advised me that the matter regarding the scabies has been reported to the Aged Care Complaints commission (initiated by me). At least while I am there I will be documenting, photographing etc and I have bought a few tubes of the scabies cream. The thing is, we must keep reporting these places!!! My Mum's water jug was empty and her cup full of mould. I won't stop until the GP and his hoomies, and those in their ivory towers are dealt with. What I found with these morons, is that when the issues become too hot, they suddenly leave. It's like whakamole. Pox on them. Im hoping I will make a good case to move Mum down to Melbourne to be near me, so that I can crack the whip if needed. At least I can ensure that she has adequate food, drink, correct medication and medicos who still believe in the Hippocratic oath.

IF XMAS IS A CON COUNT ME IN

I do not have a tree but when I was a child yes we had a cut pine. It's like giving someone flowers. I stopped and now buy pot plants than can be planted in the garden etc. and always a native. However, there are places that you can buy a Xmas tree in a pot and put it outside and bring it back in each year. Hopefully it does not outgrow the house. We need more greening in our cities. Look at what Singapore did. It brings down the temperature, makes the area more aesthetic and helps birds etc. So at Christmas, why not give a tree to plant. I am sure there are areas everywhere where greening is happening and they would appreciate the help.Edited 22-Dec-24 14:33pm

Wwe have been using the same artificial tree since our 1st child was born and he is 45. Its lost a bit here and there but we love it.

You must water it well.