Day 15 Monday

Today started out fine, my charge had an physio appointment at 1pm so we started to talk about that from the moment she got up, how long it would take her to get there, what time to leave etc. x 10. I walked down to the village with her to drop her off and find out what time she would be finished or if I should just wait. Not on your Nellie!! She was having non of that. She dismissed me about 5m before the door of the physio and was quite rude in fact. Again the I don't need you to walk me in or collect me, I don't know how long I will be. I will come home on my own. Ok, I turned and left. I was sort of seething, one thing I refuse to do is argue with this woman, I really don't feel it is part of my job. So what time did she come home - 3.45pm, I eventually went looking for her and she had left the physion at 2pm so was m.i.a. for nearly 2 hours. I have ended up with a headache from the tension of it all, imagine losing your charge one week into the job. There are a couple of cracks appearing in the whole way the agency handles these placement in my humble opinion. My instructions have been given to me by the previous 'carer' that's it! medication doses, the fact that she is not to be left alone in the village. My charge only really accepts anything said to her if it came directly from her daughter. But they haven't told her anything they expect me to bumble along trying to cover up the conspiracy to 'control' her and her behaviour. Her son popped in yesterday afternoon with her grand-daughter for tea. The grand-daughter sat yawning on the sofa and the son spent most of the time getting irritated with her repetitive and mindless chatter. I looked at him and thought 'well at least you can go home in a couple of minutes'.

So after being dismissed at 1pm today I took myself off for an hours walk, I kept the pace up, so with my few walks into the village today as well I have probably done 8km or more. So I least I am keeping fit but feeling a little lonely.