Betty, my mother, had a fall yesterday at the top of the stairs - fortunately, she landed at the top - she fell on a shoe of all things -they took her to hospital at about 10:00 pm, gave her meds to reduce her Blood pressure which was at 220 given the stress of the situation, conducted an examination and concluded she had no broken bones. She twisted her spine and bruised her side badly. She's in awful pain.
My brother Colm acted quickly and set up a bedroom on the ground floor for her . . . she came back today and is resting there already. We had a plan. There's already a shower on the ground floor. We're pretty much shutting off the upstairs and Mum and Dad will live on the ground floor until we can get a stair lift. Betty will need 3 weeks to recuperate - we're setting up support systems.
A fall has real personal meaning when it happens - people are in pain - you need to think about it before hand so that things are quickly put in place - a little thought and preparation before hand are essential to pulling this off.
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This is an expressive post which can I can relate to as my mother had a fall 2 months back .There were a number of changes in our lifestyle to suit her needs along with the addition of the medical alert –Responselink . I have been very impressed with the customer care and prescription reminders that Responselink has. Caregiving is very challenging and I hope this little bit of information would be helpful to ease it.
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