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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - My dad has one on one supervision all day every day (at a tremendous extra expense). I believe that a qualified person should be able to walk with him but I fear these people are unqualified.  We are only permitted to hire aides through the facility owned agency - it’s a huge scam that no one realized until after the fact.

My mom wants to consider moving him to another facility but I fear they will have the same ridiculous policies.  She also talks about bringing him home (with help) but I fear that will kill her . [/quote]

I was going to say not reasonable until this.  With one on one care he should be able to be assisted walking.[/quote]

Yep. I am the fall risk grading PP. If you are paying (through their contractors) for one on one care, then they absolutely need to let him stand and walk. Why are you paying for it not for that. This makes no sense. I would reach out to other facilities and explain that you are willing to provide one on one care. I will say that it probably has to be an approved contractor for liability reasons.

As to bringing him home, you might have to if you are set on him being able to get up and walk. Spend the money on 24 hour care through an agency, but you would need to facilitate this. Once he becomes immobile, then you can replace him in care if the set up at home is too difficult.

Sorry you're going through this. There is nothing easy about eldercare when there are challenges.[/quote]

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