I feel as though we'd give the first week at Westminster Place 3 stars. Here's the challenge, these places are used to working with older folks. I don't want to sound ageist. I think older folks are pretty badass having made it through so much life and then have to put up with seeing folks like Gwyneth Paltrow trying to teach life lessons. I'd like to hear a panel of early birders discuss the Gwyneth.
Anyhow. I digress. My original point is that these places are used to older folks who aren't necessarily as physically capable as someone like my mom is...or should be rather. So the PT is not up to snuff. Let's expand on that, shall we? By "not up to snuff" I mean that at RIC they had her up and walking, climbing stairs, doing enough that it really pissed her off. At Westminster she practices sitting up and getting dressed. Really? I mean, come on. I know that everyone told us that RIC was very intense and that everywhere else would feel like "less than" but the reality is that there is risk of regression.
I don't mean to totally poo poo Westminster. All of the folks who work with her are attentive, compassionate, positive and overall perfectly lovely. But the truth is that this isn't a longterm plan for her. This is meant to be the place where she gets strong enough to come home. I assure you that Dad and Dee are working on it. They're launching a full court press because as of now unless we plan on leaving her at home sitting up and dressed then something has got to change.
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