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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, Op here:

We tried several fall devices and she kept taking them off. The one time she fell with the device on, and it contacted someone, she told them she was fine. She didn’t want to “bother” anyone so she stayed on the floor until another relative came by.

Even though falls can still happen with someone there, they can remind her to use her walker and assess if she falls and determine if she needs medical care or just some help up.

We do pay hourly but it comes out to $6K a week. She definitely needs someone 24/hr with the meds, transportation, helping with drs appts, memory issues. She had an aunt that was a victim of elder abuse in a “home” and so she is terrified, absolutely terrified of assisted living/memory care. It literally gives her nightmares. [/quote]

That’s the trade-off for remaining  in her home. TBH, how do you expect to get by on less than $6000/week? That’s 3 caregivers working in shifts of 40 hours, then more to cover the weekends.

I know it’s hard to see your perceived money go up in smoke (into the pockets of the agency and caregivers), but it is what it is. Every time my MiL starts in on how she wants just one person, I ask her what will happen when that person calls in sick and does she really expect one person to do all the work she doesn’t want to do. Well, I’m not so harsh about the last part though she did give me such a hard time about having a nanny.[/quote]

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