That is exactly the right thing to do!Tom_Reingold said:
I don't know what I can contribute. My mother is dying, and she has 24 hour care in her home. I visit and just sit around and chat.
sac said:
That is exactly the right thing to do!Tom_Reingold said:
I don't know what I can contribute. My mother is dying, and she has 24 hour care in her home. I visit and just sit around and chat.
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I am currently caring for a senior citizen, an injured husband and two teenagers still at home. I have often used the wealth of information this community has to offer (as well as all the shoulders to cry on!) Perhaps we should centralize our Q&A's and sources.
Unlike a purely medical thread, this could also include topics like self-care, childcare, special transportation, handicap/stroller accessible destinations, adaptive equipment etc.
I will start with three thoughts I have this morning:
1) I highly recommend that anyone renovating a bathroom consider installing at least one shower in the house that is NOT in a bathtub. If your walls are open while you are doing this, go ahead and reinforce the walls between the studs with a piece of plywood so that grab bars could be installed at a later date if needed. You never know if you will need it but it is there if you do.
2) I have never set foot into SAGE Eldercare in Summit but they have been fantastic on the phone with any of my inquiries. They really know all the resources available locally. I would also imagine that they would know the names of similar eldercare facilities in other towns. (Thank you to those of you who led me to SAGE when I tried to "source" some things about a month ago.)
3) Also, I would highly recommend any caregiver of a senior citizen to bring a geriatric specialist into the mix of physicians seeing your loved-one. The specialist is NOT a replacement for the internist/GP but they are a very sensitive set of eyes and ears who can help guide the patient's medical care in the right direction. My MIL can not wait to go back to the geriatric specialist because he showed her such respect and genuine interest in the her well-being. She is making list of things to tell him about rather than her internist and that is a step in the right direction.