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Family member took away special phone for my blind mother and now she cannot call anyone.
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MACinCT
Answered Jan 8, 2024
Parent with mild dementia desperately wants to live alone in their own home. What are ways the children can safely facilitate this?
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katepaints
Answered Jan 7, 2024
Can I rent a Hoyer lift?
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Penguina
Replied Jan 4, 2024
Husband has Parkinson’s w/Lewy Body. He messes with phone, remote, thermostat, car until they don’t work. How to make him stop?
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Penguina
Replied Jan 3, 2024
How to know when a caregiver has gone too far?
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TouchMatters
Answered Jan 3, 2024
In NY, when an elderly person is discharged from a skilled nursing facility is it the law to have a followup with a home visit from a nurse?
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AlvaDeer
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Ex wandering the house at night. Am I unsafe?
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Penguina
Answered Jan 2, 2024
Mother had her back injection on Friday.
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MargaretMcKen
Answered Jan 1, 2024
Follow up: Walking before leaving hospital.
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AlvaDeer
Answered Dec 30, 2023
Our family lives in NE Ohio. Father-in-law is in hospital, says he is being released tomorrow with pic line. No one to help him at home.
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LilyLavalle
Replied Dec 28, 2023
Sibling found article of a past crime mentioning our current caregiver despite agency telling us they do background checks. Has this happened to others?
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Grandma1954
Answered Dec 16, 2023
i fall backwards when i fall usuall 3 to 4 times a year does anyone else have this type of fall?
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Dec 15, 2023
Requesting recommendation on smallest medical alert pendant with fall detection.
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LauraAT
Replied Dec 12, 2023
Mother with moderate dementia still living at home. She says she would rather die than move to AL but sister is ready to quit.
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Geaton777
Replied Dec 10, 2023
My 85-year-old father is falling. What can we do?
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NYDaughterInLaw
Answered Dec 1, 2023
Venting here. I am not able to speak to my aunt.
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JoAnn29
Answered Dec 1, 2023
Mom can't or won't answer phone/medical alert. Any suggestions?
24 Answers
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janicemeyer18
Answered Nov 28, 2023
Would inner tubes tied together and pumped up lift a person?
24 Answers
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Fawnby
Replied Nov 27, 2023
How to cope with mom going from home to long term care in nursing home?
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ElizabethAR37
Replied Nov 25, 2023
Mom difficulty dressing Neuro DX missing anything?
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Debbiespain
Answered Nov 24, 2023
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