A Covid Conversation

When I sold my mother’s transfer wheelchair today, this is what the people who purchased the wheelchair told me: “

“My mother is 83 years old and recently fell and broke her elbow and wrist, and who knows what else!” She had surgery to fix her arm. While she was in the hospital she got worried about covid. Someone at the hospital apparently told her it was survival of the fittest, and so she checked herself out. The hospital discharger her without even checking to see if she would be able to care for herself at home, or if there was anyone to assist. She was not able to look after herself , and her more elderly husband couldn’t help much either. The daughter was desperately trying to arrange home care, but she said they were all backed up with the various cuts to service in the hospital. Once she got home her mother was not able to walk. The home care people advised the daughter to get a transfer wheelchair to help her mother out. She looked on kijijji, and felt she had won the lottery by finding one.

It looks to me like a number of challenges ahead for this senior. We definitely need to do more for our more vulnerable citizens. And more money into the medical system we have won’t fix it. More care is what is needed.