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Mom has dementia. Any advice on what to do now that the hospice evaluation the nursing home pushed for said she wasn’t end stage and to instead get her the ER?
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MJ1929
Answered Aug 17, 2023
Any advice/experience on UTI in an elderly male with indwelling catheter?
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JoAnn29
Answered Aug 14, 2023
How to pay for care for someone with memory issues?
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Dawn88
Answered Aug 13, 2023
What are your thoughts on intubation?
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MACinCT
Answered Aug 9, 2023
My elderly mom with dementia got a UTI, heart attack and kidney failure. What is going to happen to her?
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southernwave
Answered Jul 17, 2023
Mom's salt intake keeps sending her to the ER. Is tough love the answer?
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ConnieCaretaker
Answered Jul 12, 2023
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Father in AL needs some assistance at times.
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Fawnby
Answered Jun 13, 2023
Mom 92 just rushed to hospital with a blood clot in lung. They say they're keeping her overnight?
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graciexyz
Replied Jun 7, 2023
Can a UTI cause all this?
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BlueEyedGirl94
Answered Jun 6, 2023
Is urinary retention common in dementia (specifically ALZ) patients?
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mgmbaker
Replied May 29, 2023
ER overused. Mom is sick all day and decides at 6:30PM to go to ER. What constitutes overuse?
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Fawnby
Replied May 20, 2023
Heart failure: Should I take her to the ER?
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SnoopyLove
Replied May 18, 2023
What do we need to do to get my mother into skilled nursing immediately?
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mstrbill
Answered May 6, 2023
My mother went to the hospital and she is acting disoriented. I was told a urinary tract infection can cause this. Any advice?
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NelleHtur
Answered May 2023
Does everyone wait with LO in ER? Am I awful?
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trials
Answered Apr 2023
Bipolar mom back at hospital. Any advice?
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CaringinVA
Replied Apr 2023
Back at the hospital. Any advice?
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CTTN55
Answered Apr 2023
How to tell a parent they are being placed in a SNF?
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ChoppedLiver
Answered Apr 2023
My 86 year old mom is in hospital barely able to open her eyes, confused. How did this come on so suddenly?
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JoAnn29
Answered Mar 2023
Mom is 88 with Alzheimers. She lives in a locked unit (still walks). She falls frequently & ends up in the ER. What can we do?
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JoAnn29
Answered Mar 2023
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