Update on the caregiver situation. J is off work for a few days as per her schedule. 2 workers were in today as one is in training. Told me it was the worst drive of their life. The snow was incredible! Josh left early this morning to drive up then worked from our home this afternoon. He wanted to be sure that no blizzard would prevent him from getting to our house.
Had a 90 min conversation with our agency supervisor. I told her about all the things that happened last week and all the things J told me she could not/would not do. She told me that EVERYTHING she has been asked to do was acceptable under our contract. Is a private contract that allows for her to pick up things for me while at Walmart, take Ryan to the dr, put the garbage & recycle out, change lightbulbs, take the van in for oil changes and snow tire removal etc. All of it. She does not know where J got the info that she could not do these things that are all in her job description. She is a Personal Support Worker, not a Registered Nurse.
She is going to get all the staff together and go over what they can and cannot do, how to respect and assist the entire family as well as Ryan. She will see how that goes.
We are training another new worker as well. Setting ourselves up in the event J leaves.
And she will be dealing with all the things that went wrong the other night. Making sure that the girls are prepared to stay if necessary and realizing when there is a true emergency.
All in all - the supervisor was extremely supportive and I feel much less stressed.
Got my brakes fixed and my car back after 24 hours. Ashley and I had a decent day and can now move fwd.
