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[quote=Anonymous]I have been there done that with dad and it gets exhausting FAST. It also becomes taking advantage of neighbors and other family members and it can burn you out. You are probably thinking there may be an occasional fall and you won't have to burden anyone more than once. You are assuming the person will be fully clothed, there will be no blood and someone can just help the person up, maybe take the elder to urgent car if needed, but otherwise assume all is well.

With age the elderly can fall often. These falls can often occur in the bathroom or around shower bath entry exit in various states of undress even in a home that is "elder proof". Sometimes you walk into a gruesome scene with blood. Almost every time you will need to call 911 because you don't know what damage was done and nobody should be lifting someone up who may have a broken neck. Plus, how would you feel if another family member did in her back lifting your parent? You need to know if there is a concussion. Often they don't quite remember what happened with the fall, but even if they do there can be damage. So you really want to put neighbors through this and do you want to keep doing it? I still am dealing with the trauma of all the emergencies.

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