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[quote=Anonymous]OP if he can afford it or you can, I would hire an aging care professional to assess the situation, assess your father and review medical chart and make recommendations. You hire someone who has worked with all the area facilities, knows how to assess your dad, knows what can be requested and can advise you if a move is needed. Even if posters on here are professionals or have experience from their own families, they have not assessed your father.

Also keep in mind even if there is an aide, once a fall happens it's an ordeal. There is risk in just helping your dad up. He needs to be assessed to make sure there isn't a serious injury that can be made worse. If they don't have the medical staff, then they need an ambulance/fire department to come out and determine if he needs to go to the hospital.

We paid extra for a large and very strong aide for dad who had some medical training to assess after falls, had the strength to help him up and once he truly could no longer walk, could carry him.[/quote]

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