Step mom and her extended family, all are wonderfully loving, but load and communicate harshly. Often treat anyone around as wait staff. Mom is 96, recovering from a broken hip, subsequent hip replacement at a rehab facility.
REhab facility is well run, the staff is kind and compassionate. Within the facility are some long term residents recovering from various ailments, most are completely Lucent fun to talk with and rarely get visitors. Mom is pretty exhausted most of the time, she is quiet by nature, and enjoys reading and naps a lot.
Here is the drama, step mom shows up everyday, critisizes the staff, snaps her fingers and creates stress where it does not need to be. She had planned a Christmas dinner with her nephew and his wife (very loud) her neice and her husband at the house. Yesterday she decided that this dinner will now be held at the rehab facility where the other residents are not invited. The facility is trying to be accommodating but I mentioned that I think this is incredibly rude to the other patients, to the kitchen, and to the rest of the staff.
Today it is going to blow up because I am putting my foot down, my mom is exhausted and this is the last thing she wants, her opinion was dismissed.
OK I vented, I'm meeting an agency at the house this morning to see if we can make it safe for mom to come home.
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