This shit is going to drive me nuts when I have to deal with it with my parents.
MiL has been home since Christmas Eve. When she was released, she was supposed to be getting mobility aids (I think a wheelchair and a walker), a commode, and FiL picked out a shower chair. No one knows where these are. Apparently the care facility she was in last was supposed to send everything to the town pharmacy. Neither MiL nor FiL has followed up. BiL was supposed to call the pharmacy on Monday, but he didn't. So we still don't know where any of this stuff is.
Meanwhile, last month I went to a family friend's house to potentially pick up a commode, and was told after I went there that they wouldn't need the commode. I should have just taken the damn thing then.
There's also obviously a lot of stress in their house as MiL has limited mobility and FiL has the burden of doing everything in the house plus assisting MiL. Their county offers assistance via housekeeping and caretakers. FiL, BiL, and wife have not called.
FiL is understandably concerned about keeping costs controlled, since they live on a fixed income. So I get why he doesn't want to just pay whatever. What I can't understand is why he won't pick up the phone to save money by either getting the covered insurance items or the covered county services.
MiL could probably handle doing some of this stuff too at this point, but she did practically everything in the house before she got sick and probably deserves the break. I mean, she can't physically go to the pharmacy on her own, but she could make the phone calls that no one else is making.
MiL has been home since Christmas Eve. When she was released, she was supposed to be getting mobility aids (I think a wheelchair and a walker), a commode, and FiL picked out a shower chair. No one knows where these are. Apparently the care facility she was in last was supposed to send everything to the town pharmacy. Neither MiL nor FiL has followed up. BiL was supposed to call the pharmacy on Monday, but he didn't. So we still don't know where any of this stuff is.
Meanwhile, last month I went to a family friend's house to potentially pick up a commode, and was told after I went there that they wouldn't need the commode. I should have just taken the damn thing then.
There's also obviously a lot of stress in their house as MiL has limited mobility and FiL has the burden of doing everything in the house plus assisting MiL. Their county offers assistance via housekeeping and caretakers. FiL, BiL, and wife have not called.
FiL is understandably concerned about keeping costs controlled, since they live on a fixed income. So I get why he doesn't want to just pay whatever. What I can't understand is why he won't pick up the phone to save money by either getting the covered insurance items or the covered county services.
MiL could probably handle doing some of this stuff too at this point, but she did practically everything in the house before she got sick and probably deserves the break. I mean, she can't physically go to the pharmacy on her own, but she could make the phone calls that no one else is making.
