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"On 2/13 she fell out of the shower, didn't call for help for 16 hours," THAT HERE IS ABSOLUTE.. 16 HOURS TOOK HER TO GET UP and GET HELP.
so... you know where this is going.... SHE NEEDS HELP..... PUT HER INTO A FACILITY THAT HAS 24/7 CARE... can YOU imagine how that must have felt to get to a phone, or scream for help... or have someone find her that way... This same scenario happened to a neighbor... His caretaker could not stay for the night, and when caretaker got back to the home... he was in the bathroom... fallen down and could not get back up...
hence the companies for the panic buttons for elderlies...
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SeniorStruggles Apr 2021
That's not what happened. She got up, somehow got dressed, and then watched TV...meanwhile, she just kept thinking it would go away. She died March 30, in a nursing home.
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If any of your family members have served in the military, please call your local Veteran's Administration. They can give you a lot of assistance, including medical equipment. Also, any veteran can apply to be placed in a VA home. My dad is 93 and I am 70. I don't want to place him in the VA home but his level of care is far more than I can give. Right now, I have him in Hospice (Heart & Soul). They have a nurse coming in two days a week. An aide to bathe and shave him. A social worker and a chaplain. They have all been wonderful but, still, at my age, it is so hard to be on call 24/7. There isn't a word for how exhausted I am. So, I am accepting all of the help I can get until I can get him in the VA home. I wish you the best of luck. Oh, and get rid of that loser your bf has turned out to be. He will NOT change! I had a couple of losers like him and can't even imagine what this would be like without the man that I have been married to for the last 31 years! He moved into my dad's with me and is right here by my side! You can do better. You deserve better. Will say a prayer for God's mercy on you.
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Just to close this out...

Stepmom finally got surgery for vertebrae fractures today...weeks after injury.
Aunt died on March 30 - no one knows how she died weeks after a broken ankle - while in a nursing home. It wasn't Covid. I saw her a few days before, We're at peace with one another.
Biological dad has been given the Come to Jesus conversation.
Mom's dementia is worsening, but I decided she's the least needy of the group since my stepdad is spending his whole life every day trying to cover up the fact that she's gone off the deep end. I've backburnered them until further notice.

Thanks everyone for being on this site. I really, honestly couldn't do this without all of you. xoxo
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So glad for you, take care. You are so dedicated to your family.
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