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[quote=Anonymous]PP and in the last few weeks of my mother’s life, we hired 24/7 care provided in her independent living apartment within a campus style continuing care community. The aides are not allowed to sleep while on duty and sat vigil on a sofa and kept watch - duties were to strictly monitor and assist with middle of the night toileting needs to include reminder to use the walker and to get out of bed slowly. My mom was troubled with restlessness and wandering at night. The aides left notes for each other and both gave meds, assisted with ADL, prepared meals and snacks and made certain she was getting enough water. I did all of the above for two nights and had to return to work and realized this was not a sustainable plan so my sibling and I quickly hired aides through the CC community. It was thousands per week - I think we (actually my mom - she had a huge savings account earmarked for this) paid the service about $70/hour for the CNAs. [/quote]
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