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Hi Paul, I keep scratching my head, thinking, to hold a Power of Attorney meant that your sister must have your Mum's best interests forefront in all the decisions she makes on her behalf, NOT what she prefers for herself. I wonder if the Power of Attorney can't be revoked or rescinded? Are you willing to look into that & challenge your sister's ability to make such serious decisions, while she is unable to seperate her personal views from what your/her Mum is likely to wan or needt?
If your Mum is denied care/therapy/treatment/the facilities of an aged care home, because your sister has not ensured your Mum is vaccinated, then that is a serious neglect. I feel appalled that this can possibly be legal.
mmMekitty
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Unvaccinated ppl I believe can still enter stores etc here in Vic, as I think our vaccine rates are high.
I think when last sat the government moved the timeline for getting booster to shots to five months instead of 6, the pr and noise about boosters prompted a lot of bookings....the poor pharmacists, drs and nurses weren't given advance warning on this.
Really silly to put out there that we should get booster shots....but none are available?
So hard to plan anything or keep up with these changes and announcements. Matchy I totally feel the same!
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Hi Doog’s
Your post really resonated with me as I too feel like I have lost the Christmas spirit in the last couple of weeks. I have put the Christmas tree up but don’t feel inspired to decorate it. I have 23 for Christmas lunch and am now dreading it. I was so excited last month, had my menu planned and table decorations sorted and now nothing,
This latest variant of Covid and the huge increase in numbers has set of my anxiety again.
We have cases in our rural town again and a friend of mine has tested positive and a group of us were with her for a Christmas lunch. I had a test just to be sure, although I haven’t been notified as a close contact, which has thankfully come back negative, but it has really rattled me.
I am supposed to be going to another Christmas party tomorrow afternoon at a very dear & close friends and I am so worried and anxious now about going.
I just can’t seem to lift myself out of this rutt at the moment.
Hope you manage to enjoy your Christmas with family and not worry too much.
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Covid pandemic is one of the most challenging things I've been through. I thought I'd share my experiences along with some of the things that helped.
Firstly, I experience intense loneliness. Before Covid I could socialise when I felt like it (or not). Lockdowns and safety meant these things were severely restricted. Some friendships waned and probably will never really come back. But some improved, especially online ones.
I love to travel. It's the only way that I really get organic human interaction. But this was off the table. Human interaction became a bit 'planned' and artificial. I love to see live music (when I'm in the right headspace). This was off.
I've done all the right things and best things for myself, my loved ones, my workplace, my community. And just when I was finding my feet again, this week it's crashed. I'm in Newcastle NSW, and covid is rampant (a word a friend used and just seems to fit!). I've had to cancel, change, juggle, squeeze plans to avoid exposure sites (a difficult task) and will pretty much have to stay at home for the next week so as to not risk being in isolation for Christmas. Sitting home alone on Christmas day will almost break me. On top of this, my employer was going to require us to start working half the week in the office in the new year, after 20 months of almost totally working from home. I was going to have to put a case together to reduce this. Fortunately, in a weird way, the return has now been postponed due to the outbreak.
What makes this even more frustrating is that I made a deliberate move to minimise my news consumption and all the related arguments (I have had friendships end over vaccinations and lockdowns). But I had to go back to checking details so I could strategise the next week or so.
I'm done and I'm not sure how I'm going to handle another setback in this.
Thankfully I, and all of my loved ones, are vaccinated and well, even my mum who is nearly 80, and we're all in the one region. But I feel for my community and wonder when is the universe going to give us a break!
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I have noticed a lot of my friendships have not really bounced back, we are being tentative and not really interested in catching up yet. Some of us got used to being apart.
Being an only child, I am used to being on my own, so being around a lot of people can be a shock to the system.
I have been back at work for several weeks now, working in a corner of the office far away from anyone, we have spaced out our workspaces and even using a spare office area to ensure we are not huddled up in one space. We will not be closing the office this year, due to losing work time with the lockdown, with most of us going back to work after the Christmas long weekend, however we are being more flexible with start and finish times, so we can get away earlier and come in a bit later.
I am spending Christmas with my parents and a couple of my Dad's ex work colleagues, we would prefer having family, but they are a pain in the butt. I personally would of rather seen these people after Christmas as in my opinion, they are not the kind of people I would have to Christmas lunch, as Mum and I never had much contact with these people Dad worked with. I would rather have closer, more long standing family friends, but this is out of my control.
Still feeling a bit obsessed with Covid, and not having any contact with anyone that is unnecessary, especially with this new strain.
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I am feeling so sorry to hear so many in other states who want the booster and can't find it. WA critised how Eastern states took more share of the vaccines during the delta outbreak. Now, we are in the situation that the govt is desperate to get them into people arm (first dose, not booster)! They are having pop up at supermarket, super vax weekend etc. Honestly, i don't think inconvenience is the excuse anymore. People who want it would have it by now. I am a bit in doubt that our WA border would re-open. Do i really want it open? it is a complicated question because this virus isn't going away......it will never be a good time to re-open. I'm not rushing to travel but it does provide an option if there is a family emergency, which was an issue i faced couple months ago. Honestly, i felt safe to travel at the time as our case load is so low and was happy to do quarantine etc. I was at least glad that my mate got to see his father before he passed without going through all the paper work last month when the international border re-opened. It has been hard for migrants. Not everyone wants to travel for holiday.
As predicted, WA is completely shut to the rest of the country before xmas. Perhaps it is a move to boost the vax rate -- it certainly has proven to increase the vax rate in QLD once the re-opening date was announced. Perhaps it does work to get people booking for their booster. At least i did as I wasn't in a rush to get one knowing that i already have some sort of protection. I want to max out the efficiency when the virus really gets here. I could only hope that there would be enough for kids when they are eligible as i'm getting mine jabbed now knowing the date. My disappointment is that there is not much preparation here over the last ~20 months. A bit like we are locked in here to buy time and nothing has been done. Neither quarantine facilty nor extra hospital beds would be ready when the state re-opens. Preparation for school as well......A bit insane to go from completely isolated to wide open to the world without the preparation......
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Yeah your not wrong in that last line there just heard today International won't even have to isolate now.
What a bizarre thing to come out with today of all days breaking new case records here and with the rest of the world already far ahead of us and back into 10s of thousands themselves and breaking their own previous numbers. Why would they bring in a no isolation thing here today, this wk of all times, seems madness.
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Hi Everyone
Thankyou mmMekitty and Dools for caring about my unvaccinated 91 year old mum
" I wonder if the Power of Attorney can't be revoked or rescinded?" Thanks Kitty....It can be yet it would be a long time in court....and mums health is deteriorating...even though she is still independent at 91..at the moment)
It breaks my heart
Hugs and appreciation...Paul
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Hi Paul
Is your mum in aged care or is she still at home? My neighbour has a friend who is 100 and still living alone in her home but with help from support with shopping and housework. Wonderful!
I'm worried about my elderly fully vaccinated friends here in NSW as the powers that be are letting this virus rip now. It's all about the economy and not about caring for vulnerable people. Governments should try to protect their citizens.
I hope your Mum is OK I can understand how worried you must be.