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Elder-caregivers

Trueblue Texan

(2,999 posts)

9. Here's a strategy...

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 09:11 AM

Aug 2020

Put some waterproof tape on the wall behind the faucet handle and mark a line where the handle needs to be to deliver hot water. Write "HOT" near that line so she will be able to remember how far to turn it in the future. Sometimes the easiest way to help them is to change the environment to support their needs. Memory can get very unreliable as you're probably seeing.

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The daily episode of something else that has slipped away. [View all] Ilsa Aug 2020 OP

Step by step it comes for us all. flying_wahini Aug 2020 #1

Having been there... RainCaster Aug 2020 #2

We administer her meds twice a day. She can't Ilsa Aug 2020 #3

Is she alone during the day? 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #4

No assets to protect. Ilsa Aug 2020 #5

Try contacting a local American Legion post. 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #6

Thank you. I appreciate this offer. Ilsa Aug 2020 #7

Glad to help. 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #8

I'm sorry to hear it. My Dad only finally went to the VA a year before he died mahina Jan 2021 #10

Here's a strategy... Trueblue Texan Aug 2020 #9