Recent questions tagged elderly

Description : What should an elderly person living alone in an apartment do to prevent falls?

Last Answer : Grab bars.

Description : Is this emotional blackmail/manipulation, or am I just a bad daughter?

Last Answer : When she misbehaves you can remind her what the Inuits used to do to their seniors during famines (they would leave them on the ice to die). In all seriousness, it seems like you’re doing your best. Hang in there!

Description : What does "will sit with the elderly" entail? What do they charge?

Last Answer : Just as babysitting doesn’t imply that the carer will be sitting, I’m sure that elder sitting is understood to mean that there will be caretaking duties. Exactly what they entail would be discussed in an interview.

Description : How do you tell somebody you don't want something that they try to give you?

Last Answer : “Thank you so much for the kindness you have shown me by giving me so much stuff. However, it is making me uncomfortable to always be on the receiving end. Perhaps you could stop giving me things and we could just talk.”

Description : When you have an elderly parent who is in a crisis, is it a foregone assumption that family members will be arguing over the best course of action?

Last Answer : It does happen often….... It happened to us, we solved it by getting a POA for everyone. We have a medical power of attorney for everyone, it says the one person who will make the decision, and who is second… and so on. It solves a lot of problems when hard decisions have to be made.

Description : Why is it that CNA's get paid soo much for MISTREATING people?

Last Answer : I don’t know what to say…. My sincere condolences.

Description : Is my understanding of hospice care all wrong?

Last Answer : As far as I understand, hospice is an end-of-life thing. It would appear odd to be putting your grandmother in hospice care under these circumstances.