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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your parents won't be safe in assisted living either. This idea that assisted living is safer etc is just a marketing ploy.

Of course they have not converted to one floor living. They are old and need your help.

You need to cover the house to one floor living.

Move their bed downstairs. Put a gate on the stairs. Make sure their downstairs bathroom is wheelchair accessible.

Make the upstairs bedrooms habitable for you to stay in so you can visit frequently[/quote]

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Things we have done for our parents
 - Get nestcam (CCTV) installed at their home that you monitor every day. 
 - Ring cam
 - Convert master bathroom tub into a walk-in shower with seating
 - Grab bars in the bathrooms, including the powder room. 
 - Home Lift.  
 - Grab bars for stairs.  Slip proof strips on stairs
 - Dash cams on their cars. 
 - Electronic payments for all bills
 - Pay for a cleaner who comes every 3 weeks.  Send the money to the cleaner by Venmo. 
 - Pay for the lawn mowing person. Pay by Venmo. 
 - Solar panels 
 - Fence around the house, Motion detector lights around the house. 
 - Programs lights to be switched on and off in the main areas of their home.

Make sure that you are going to their place to make sure that they are getting medical care. 
 
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My dad would never tolerate this level of interference.  I don’t know about OP’s.[/quote]

Not the person you are responding to, but you seem to live in a bubble. Lucky, you if your parents aren't rigid and difficult. With my mother, no good deed goes unpunished.
I think this is an excuse.  Why would parents become intolerant when you are paying for it and also when you have a good relationship and bonding with them?[/quote][/quote]

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