8.10 am.......Okaasan deeply into Shoes on the Shopping Channel.
This is happening more and more, Okaasan getting stuck on either the Shopping Channel or the Weather Channel on TV. Sitting and looking...and looking...and looking. 30 mins...1 hour....thankfully she doesn't pick up the telephone and order anything...thankfully, thankfully....
Of course a lot of Japanese TV entertainment shows are no different from the Shopping Channel - a male and female presenter in the studio, showing off some necessary item while the audience oohs and ahhs - but after about 5 mins. of that there is a change of scene to a male and female presenter showing off some cooking, while the audience oohs and ahhs...and then 5 mins later it will change to a presenter walking round a shop, showing off items, while the male and female presenter in the studio ooh and ahh......
But, poor Okaasan...stuck on the Shopping/Weather Channel.....when I go to Hell for being a bad Oyomesan, it will be like that.
Last night that clothes stand thingy in Okaasan's room collapsed under the weight of T-shirts, scarfs, towels, underpants, bags and God-knows-what. Gave me a chance to try and put two thirds of it away in drawers and cupboards. It's actually only a flimsy laundry drying stand, but Okaasan's compulsion to have all her clothes OUT where she can see them means it gets very weighed down.
I think I'll buy her a stronger stand and take out the flimsy one.
Still hot here. Had an amazing storm last night. Went on for ages. Rainy and thunder and lightening. The cats were nervous. We had little sleep. Okaasan's windows were still open from the afternoon and she was sitting there at 3 am staring at the billowing curtains...but not getting up to close the windows....
And our Popo-chan cat is fighting back to health - we hope. He is an insectholic, and the undigested insects bits are scratching his insides as he vomits them up everywhere (you're not eating while reading this blog, are you??!!)...so then he stops eating...and gets weak....and we go to the vets, and he gets shots of water and stomach-calming medicine...and we try all over again.
Poor little bugger. I wish he'd stay home and watch the Shopping Channel.
9.30 am......
Okaasan deeply into Grey Suits on the Shopping Channel....
time for me to go and get a life....
I had to laugh... yeah at least she doesn't buy anything. My MIL BOUGHT this exercise thingy.... for 10,000 or so... but we had to send it back... LOL!
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at these photos, maybe your husband can see that his mother needs some kind of stimulation. I read in the newspaper that in 2013 Japan is starting some kind of team approach to treat dementia, where a group of nurses goes into the home. (not sure if it will really happen or not, but the idea sounded interesting..) Nancy
ReplyDeleteI know - I am holding out (some) hope for that idea...something about teams of professionals who will come and assess people IN THEIR HOMES - which is far better than dragging someone to a hospital type place - but as with so many things and the Japanese Government I don't hold out a lot of hope...and no, sadly this scene doesn't make Yujiro want to do anything really, he feels she is happy there in front of the Tv with a blank mind....
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