Pleasea dvise me...I have the lady from SS OT dept coming in an hour

[Fio2]

what will she do?

no-one has really explained anything. Do i have to tidy the WHOLE house?

Not sure tbh Fio. I would give it a quick going over but nothing to over the top. Good luck

yes
and have a bath and shave your beard

HA! have already done that suzy

what's OT fio? (All I can think of is occupational therapy)
I'm waiting for my SS visit - am hoping for some direct payments. She's due anytime now!
House is reasonably tidy downstairs.

yes it occupational therapy

I can only imagine it is to do with equiptment, but I still have no idea what she is going to do

good luck with your visit geegrrl

oh ok. What stuff are you after? Or don't you know, either?

I'm so nervous. We live in a posh house and I'm worried she'll think I'm trying it on or something.

they wont think you are trying it on. my friend is quite well off and SS have funded carers to go in twice a day

I have no idea why they are coming, it was out of the blue that they rang and as you know you usually have to NAG for everything!

Er... think they might have a look at most of the house! Unless they are not adaptation bods? Sorry I'm a bit hazy on this Fio but I've come across two broad types of O.T. who work with people with disabilities- one kind look at physical function and provide gadgets/advice to improve things- eg providing a ramp for a person who uses a wheelchair or a special bendy spoon for someone who finds it hard to get a normal spoon to their mouth or lockable windows for people not aware of safety issues. The other kind provide activities and counselling to help with specific problems- e.g. a lot of the sensory stuff that people who've been to bibic talk about is classic OT. That's the sum total of my knowledge! I wonder if we have any O.T.s on mumsnet to provide a fuller explanation? You'll know soon anyway, i guess. Good luck. Hope he/she has good things to offer you and dd.

omg, i better get cleaning

Good luck Fio - I hope it goes well

Arrgh! Don't go overboard... They'll probably spend the whole time getting to know about dd's needs on a first visit.

dd isnt here either, will that make any difference?

because I actually have some respite. ds's nursery offered for her to go there for free (as a favour bless them) and I just pay the 1-2-1 her wages. 2 mornings a week, isnt that fab scummy

I'm an Ot (but not the same kind - I'm in mental health) but the descriptions sound about right, depending on what they want to assess (e.g. your little ones functioning/accessibility of house/need for specific equipment and adaptations/talk about costs etc) sure they won't care about mess but I know I'd have to tidy up anyway! Hope you get a nice one

No idea about the OT stuff but good luck!!

I should be tidying up too. Ds2's portage worker is visiting later today and the house is a mess.

WE had a SS OT visit a while back. She was lovely and I sat and chatted about all sorts of problems I was having. She sent out further referrals for us, because really it was paed OT we needed.

They offered help with stair rails, grab rails for the toilet....

if you needed things like hoists for the bed/bath, ramps....

Good luck Fio, I hope it goes well!

she was lovely!

we are having all stair rails and grab rails, both cloakrooms are having toilet stands and half steps and a step sytem and grab rail into the bath

we also talked about if we wanted to do adaptations to the house that we could apply for a grant and gave me the details of that. but glad you came on scummy and I cleaned the house she looked everywhere!

hope its going well geek grrl

oh and she said my house reminded her of Mary poppins

did she appreciate your trimmed beard though?

Glad it all went OK Fio.

it went ok I think. she's going to talk to her line manager and see whether she can sort out a few hours' worth of direct payments a week. She made a point of telling me what lovely children I have.

Dd2 and ds very obligingly had a big toddler-bust-up over a pushchair - I really could do with some help in the afternoons because they just wind each other up so much (but are inseparable) so that was good.

Oh good, fio. Glad she was lovely.
Hlope you get what you need too, geekgirl.

Oi Fio, BOTH cloakrooms??? Plenty of room to shave then
Sounds like you both had quite good experiences (fingers crossed emoticon)

yes my three toilets keep me busy all week
sigh