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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised you all are saying that the elderly don't smell. I mean this kindly, but many have incontinence issues and smell very bad. Showers are needed every 3rd day at a minimum. I agree that BO is not that big of an issue for them, it's more a crotch rot smell. [/quote]

Op clearly said that she did not smell.  [i]Maybe she brought wipes and uses those. [b] As others pointed out it could be a safety issue.  I have found my parents avoid showering at our house.

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OP here. Thank you everyone who responded. Reading this response triggered something. The day she was leaving, she brought the bag from the waste basket in her BR downstairs and said she was going to bring it out to the garage. I told her to just leave it in the kitchen and I would bring it out when we went to the car. She put it in a shopping bag I had next to the bin instead of leaving on the floor next to it, and grabbed it before we left and put it in the trash herself. Maybe it was full of wipes. I feel kind of better now and will also take the advice from other PPs about adding hand rails in her BR. Again, thank you! [/quote]

She may also were depends or something like them and would rather no one knows. [/quote]

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