Lidia's Adult Family Home

Marki

My mom was at Lidia's Adult Family Home. She was very sick there and they helped her. They are just wonderful. I couldn't have asked for more. My mom ended up living four more years and was treated like a family member. They had just a small community of patients. I don't know the limit, maybe six or so. They have a beautiful yard. This place didn't smell like anything. It didn't smell like cleaning fluid or urine. It was just a clean, functioning home. They were so kind to my mom and so diligent in taking care of her. They were just on it. She probably had a bladder infection for a long time. She ended up living there and died in her sleep peacefully and I just couldn't have asked for better people and a better place. The day that I toured the place, I noticed they were making some old fashioned soup, homemade from scratch. I noticed on the counter they were lying about packages. I noticed a particularly big package of organic asparagus. It said right on the front, organic asparagus, so I know they cooked. Every day they make sure that their patients get a glass of juice and anything they drink. Even when I would bring my mom espressos, they put this special thickener in it to make it more viscous so they can't choke. My mom never liked TV, so she never just sat in front of a TV. She sat in front of the window. They got a hummingbird feeder because she adored hummingbirds and they kept it full. I talked to her on the phone. You can imagine the rigmarole that a staff member goes through to open the little flip phone when they hear it ringing and get it up to her ear, and then sort out the consequences of her pushing the buttons because she doesn't know or whatever. They just stood by that process. I called her twice a day for years, and they kept the phone charged. That was her connection to the world and they just made sure it happened. They have a really comfortable living room with lounging things, and they will live in front of a TV if they want. There's a big screen TV. There was a big screen TV and Mom's room too, but she never liked television. Then they have sliding doors that go out to a deck in the back, a little covered porch, and patio. They have a beautiful little garden in the back with fruit trees and flowers and little push waves that you can go to back there. They were just a typical price and worth every penny, because they just looked after her. It was worth every cent. They watched her constantly. They have the facilities, their bathrooms are set up so that she had to live in a wheelchair for a long time, but she never got bedsores. She never got a rash. She never got anything because those people were just on it. She had a special bed that vibrated and had one of those little eggshell things, and they kept her clean. She was always spotless and she never got bedsores.