What to do??? (sorry long)
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Topic: What to do??? (sorry long)
Posted By: busymum
Subject: What to do??? (sorry long)
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 8:41pm
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So as you know, I have a broken foot in a walking (fibreglass) cast and ACC-funded home-help for 8 hours x6 days every week for the last 3 weeks. Home help's (Lorna's) job is not only to help with tea prep and housework, but also to carry the children (mainly Krystiana) as necessary - for instance when Kryssi wakes/goes to bed, because we are in a two storey house.
Three weeks on from the break and I think I'm doing pretty well - even though the cast won't be off until 8th May. I'm completely off crutches inside and take one crutch outside for extra balance on uneven outdoor surfaces. As of yesterday I have also been able to carry Briona and Kryssi up/down stairs. So methinks it's time to scale down the home help to 3 hours a day, since I can now do the childcare myself. (ACC is going to review the care I get from them this week so I have been thinking about how much I think I need.) It means we won't be tripping over each other's feet as it were, and that Lorna won't be twiddling her thumbs for an hour or two every day (which is what is happening now). It will also help "wean" my girls off Lorna - Hannah seems to think that Lorna is her personal maid 
Well I mentioned this to Lorna today, because I appreciate that she works on-call and she may want to get something sorted out for more hours from next week or something. She talks to her boss (as I suggested) and her boss talks with the ACC assessor, and then called me tonight (I know Lorna's boss personally).... to let me know that the assessor is not happy to drop the home help hours because what would happen if there was a fire and I had to get the kids all downstairs or something. She obviously feels that ACC is still responsible to cover all of Nathaniel's working hours but I think that's a bit over the top, not to mention rubbing my independent streak the wrong way! I'm tempted to just accept her "decision" hands down but then (quietly) send Lorna home early some days depending on how the day is going. But I don't want to interfere with Lorna's earning capability unfairly either. What should I do? -------------  |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 8:45pm
| will they be doing the assessment still.??? if so then i would wait till then and give yourself time to work out a good argument for reducing the hours. |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 8:46pm
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What does Lorna think??? If she feels comfortable with going home ealry (quietly) then maybe do that???
Or is there something else you could use Lorna for?? Send her on some errands? Take the older 2 to the park?? Cook you some meals for the freezer?? Hope this helps  ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:12pm
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i would look at all the jobs that can build up over time, that you just dont get time for with 3 kids, and see if lorna would help with some of them - i am sure she would be happy to earn her wages so to speak.
otherwise, just talk to the assessor this week. i know i havent been in your situation where you have had someone in your house all this time, it is probably getting on your nerves not having your house to be your house, but still... i think i would make the most of being able to chill a bit before you are full on into it again. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:16pm
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Hi, the assessor will be talking with me one day this week - appointment still to be made. ------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:25pm
| How about cleaning the oven, the windows, all those jobs that suck!! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:37pm
She's not *allowed* to do spring cleaning - she's only here to cover what I do on a regular basis. All part of the conditions.... however the last couple of days she has cleaned a couple of my windows (bye-bye finger prints  ) to relieve the boredom - in her own words!!------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 10:00pm
you mean you dont clean your oven every week????? |
busymum wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 8:27am
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tee hee my mum told me (quite seriously) that I should get her to clean the oven - cause technically it's supposed to be done every month. Ay?! ------------- |
Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 8:34am
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I second everything that Lyla said. I bet it can be frustrating having someone else in your house but maybe take it as an opp to have a holiday from all those chores. Def get her to clean the oven (once a month you say, I still maintain they are self-cleaning!), food for the freezer sounds like a fantastic idea and enjoy the rest while you still can. ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 12:47pm
I have talked with Lorna, but not ACC yet, and we're thinking we'll definitely change to an 8am start (instead of 7am  ), and otherwise I'll let ACC have their way for the rest of the day (but I'll probably send Lorna home early on the boring days). They reckon it's a risk to have me at home with the kids and my foot in a cast but I reckon they're just a bit overwhelmed on my behalf that I have three kids to look after. Don't they realise that I'm used to it??!? lol
Oh, and my pantry got cleaned out today Fridge tomorrow maybe? We've been preserving apples off our tree and yesterday made 2x pumpkin pie and 2x pumpkin soup  ------------- |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 1:53pm
| This is purely from a health point of view, but you should take the help offered, it takes 6 weeks for bones to knit and 12 months for the bones to be back to how they were before the break. I'd hate you to overdue it and aggravate the break. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 6:04pm
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Thanks for that flery, I had wondered (about the 12 week thing) but never knew. ------------- |