The hospice staff gave us several resources and we quickly settled on the first agency we contacted. This necessitated our finding a suitable care-giver arrangement as quickly as possible. As his illness was terminal, we were very fortunate to be able to honor his wishes to remain in home hospice care. We came from out of town in response to my father-in-law's sudden decline in health. And now, John is doing well enough that we're back to our once a week as soon as I catch up on everything. They also did the laundry, stayed here while I ran to the grocery store and pharmacy. The gal that came the first night just got him into the wheelchair, to the bathroom and helped him to the toilet. I was able to sleep while they took care of John at night to take him into the rest room because we still didn't get a potty chair delivered. My sister doesn't live her, she went home and so I was really exhausted. Plus my sister and I were staying 24 hours a day at the hospital so we were exhausted. I could relax and sleep at night knowing that they were here and taking care of him. They were all different but one was just as good as the other. There were 10 different caregivers over the course of five weeks and every one of them was wonderful. I wanted to say that it was not just one or two caregivers. I mean they did anything and everything I asked. Then over the course of the last 5 weeks we got him walking. Between the medical transport guy and the male caregiver from Synergy, we got him into bed. I had to have a hospital or medical transport bring him home and we had a caregiver here waiting with my sister. John couldn't even walk when we brought him home from the hospital. They couldn't find any place to put him from rehab but after talking to Synergy I decide to bring him home and rehab him there with their caregivers 24 hours a day. I had him rushed to the hospital and he was in the hospital for a week. But six weeks ago my brother, John fell down in the middle of the night and I didnt find him until the morning. We've had Synergy for about four years but its just once a week basis for a few hours.
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