The nursing home staff members also use the board’s messages to reinforce positive behaviors that they want from her. Mom will proudly tell you she’s a stubborn Missouri mule. That stubbornness will emerge when Mom doesn’t think she should wear her oxygen at all times (although the doctors say otherwise). This mindset leads to mini-battles with the nursing home staff and with me, especially when she is exceptionally disoriented. After one such battle, I wrote on the white board, “Dr. Deaton wants you to wear your oxygen at all times.” Ever since, the nursing staff can point to that statement from her revered doctor in order to get my stubborn mom to do what she needs to do for her health.
It’s a little trick that makes her life a little easier. Share your car
