LET ME REEDUCATE you. When my father was dismissed on a Friday evening to my home an hour and half away (Where I cared for him for another 5 years). He was delivered to my home by ambulance before I could get home. The wheelchair, hospital. Bed camode depends, bed mats etc that I ORDERED Friday morning did not show up until Monday—— Worse weekend ever!
There was little food in the house since I had stayed by his side for two weeks. Since he was on a liquid diet provided by the DR until we could receive an order by UPS even that became an issue; only I needed food.
If it hadn’t been for church family I would have called 911 who deposited dad in a chair by himself without my arrival or anyone else being home. I got stuck in traffic. The ambulance went around with lights on .....SO they could hurry up and get him to an empty house He was ready to call 911 having no idea where I was or what arrangements had been made.
Bless you for loving and caring for your lucky dad!
And thanks for sharing your eye-opening experience, hoosiermama. Until one is faced with these issues first-hand, you can’t believe how fast things can change, and unfortunately it almost takes first-hand experience to have compassion for the disabled.