Intention of the blog

I have spent the past 3 weeks with the exception on 4 nights with my mother. Ever since she fell and injured her rotator cuff. Of course it took nearly a week to get the diagnosis. My mother has a complicated relationship with the world and as a result I have a complicated relationship with her. Maybe also as a result I also have a complicated relationship to the world.

In anycase, we now seemingly have to relate to each other. In new ways as the old ways are intolerable. The injury coincided with the Jewish New Year and as a result finding a resolution to her need for additional care could not be resolved with her social workers, at least not quickly.  The situation is also complicated by her denial that she needs help.

Part of the journey has been searching for resources. What is she entitled to , she is basically penniless and classified at the lowest level of poverty. Living on a combination of her SS, food stamps, housing subsidy and  a stipend from an organization devoted to keeping elderly woman out of trouble, since women earn less then men. 

So what is the intention of the blog... I suppose simply to record the journey. To lay out what I feel are complicating factors. So that I can understand them and find solutions.