Welp... mom died in July, & now dad is ill. He just spent over a week in the hospital. Diagnosis: congestive heart failure (CHF).

When it rains, it fucking pours.

He's 80. Right now I'm staying at a family property about 5-10 minutes away from his house. Supposedly his care team sent referrals to home care services to get folks in to visit him several times a week.

We haven't heard from them yet. I plan to call the team tomorrow and ask where they sent referrals so I can call those places & ask what happens next & what we need to do.

Meanwhile I got him signed up for LifeAlert, because what got him into the hospital in the first place was he fell & spent 9 hours on the bathroom floor.

Didn't break a hip, thank Athena Asclepia, but he was dehydrated when he went in, & confused. It took a couple of days to stabilize him while they tried to figure out what was going on.

He's home now. He gets soooooo tired so fast. It's scary. He's usually been pretty spry and active.

He's also still discombobulated from the hospital stay. New meds on board, new condition, all that - it's hard staying in a hospital, it disrupts your routine bigtime. He got great care, but dude is worn out, no surprise there.

I'm trying to get him to drink water & rest as much as he can. He is, of course, stubborn as fuck & it's like pushing a wet noodle around.