Did one more class today and printed out my last class to read through later today. I’ll take my final exam tomorrow. I still need to document 15 hours of Hospice care before I can officially graduate.
I call Hospice in Emporia today to find out why no one has gotten back to be about me becoming a volunteer for them. Found out the Volunteer Coordinator has been out on personal leave for over a month. She returned to the office today. I left a message with her and trust that she will call sometime this week. There is some sort of training that I have to go through before I can do patient interaction.
I have been waiting for over two weeks for a supply of TROPP forms to come in. I called them today and have had several conversations with them. This is a medical order form that is used in the hospital setting that states the patient’s wishes for end-of-life care. I want the original form to show my clients what the form looks like so they can request one if the time comes for them to need that. Since this form is a medical order form, the doctors are legally obligated to follow your wishes. Doctors have the right to refuse to follow a Living Will if they think it is not in the best interest of the patient or if a family disagrees with the living will. I have a copy of the TROPP form I can give my clients if they won’t ship me the originals. The TROPP form is printed on pink paper and I thought that my clients would remember it better if they saw the actual pink form. We will see how this shakes out.
I went to the Chase County Senior Center today to see if they would allow me to work with their customers and help them make their Advanced Directives. The Director of the Senior Center told me she does that for them and they don’t need my services. I asked a few questions about her process. It sounded like what she is doing isn’t acceptable but I didn’t push it. Maybe the local hospital will accept what she has done for her clients. Oh well, I tried to help them out. Sometimes it feels like one step forward and two backwards.
Jim and I are both feeling at loose ends today. Not sure if it is the weather or what is happening. Guess it is just one of those days. I’m sure tomorrow will be better.
We got less than 1/2 of rain this morning. Grateful for what we got. The grass looks a bit greener today than it did yesterday.
I remembered to call and schedule a hair cut for next week. I needed to get one in before we leave on vacation the 24th.
I was getting ready to get in the shower this morning and looked out the west window. There was a beautiful rainbow. I had to go outside to take a picture of it. About 15 minutes later there was another rainbow to the southwest. I love rainbow days!
Grateful for the rain the prairie received this morning, grateful to see two rainbows today, and grateful I only have one more class to complete.