Hi Anna and Amelia, I have reiterated everything, again, to all three caregivers. Sandy said tha= t sometimes it is very difficult to convince her to go to the exercise room.= All three caregivers will try gently, and in a positive way, to encourage t= his daily. Regarding the urine infection, I will forward you the name of the= private doctor that I had spoken to you about. Her name is Dr. Thomas Guy, 5= 14-362-8387. The family has to contact her as they need to open a file and m= ake payment arrangements. My best, Maria Maria Licoudis, Registered Nurse, C.N.C.C, N.M.C Care Manager Home Care Assistance mlicoudis@homecareassistance.com www.homecareassitancemontreal.ca Office: 514-907-5065 > On Oct 7, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Anna Watkins Porter wrote: > > Hi Maria, > > So there are a few issues that came up today - my mum is with Brittany her= aide from the Laurentians and just had an accident in her car. > > She thinks my mum has a UTI. > > This is something I mentioned to you we needed to avoid as my mum absolut= ely needs help wiping and I don't think the aides are being pro active about= cleaning her. It's a big problem. She may tell them she doesn't need help b= ut she does. > > Also she is not getting nearly enough excercise - we asked Sandy to take h= er for an hour every day. I don't think this happened - outside of her two a= ppointments she didn't do any stretching or her daily excercises. > > Brittany finds her very stiff and out of shape even after not moving for a= week she notices a big difference. > > The gym at the Reseau is open all the time and they need to take her in th= ere to bike, to do her Pilates and to be active with her. It's imperative hi= s happens every day . She has a binder with excercises and we showed this to= Sandy. With out daily targeted movement her walking will not improve withou= t her working at it. > > Also I'm concerned they are not making my mum walk and just pushing her ev= erywhere on the walker. She has to walk as much as possible - I think her st= iffness is from lack of movement. > > > Please explain to the aides to be positive but very encouraging with my mu= m - it's doctors orders for her to get excercise every day - there is no cho= ice in the matter unless she is sick. > > Her last UTI in August put her in the emergency room with a kidney infecti= on so we will need to be in touch with the doctor there. I am hoping you can= handle this for us ? We don't have a GP in Montreal. > > Thank you, > > Anna