http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/alzheimers-visitor-my-couch/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:26:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/alzheimers-visitor-my-couch/comment-page-1/#comment-17615 Shaun Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=1023#comment-17615 Visit her instead. Visit her instead.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/alzheimers-visitor-my-couch/comment-page-1/#comment-17614 Betty Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:01:47 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=1023#comment-17614 Some people care about elderly relatives, other people care about furniture Some people care about elderly relatives, other people care about furniture

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/alzheimers-visitor-my-couch/comment-page-1/#comment-17613 Connie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:52:14 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=1023#comment-17613 People - patients and their families - become accustomed to care and are reluctant to change, even if all the warning signs are there. Letting an old lady pee without protection is not what I call a 'good caretaker'. There are possibly other manifestations of neglect, even abuse. Hazel should at the very least install a camera (a friend watches her mother and caretaker from her own cellphone) but my best advice is to replace the help. People - patients and their families - become accustomed to care and are reluctant to change, even if all the warning signs are there. Letting an old lady pee without protection is not what I call a ‘good caretaker’. There are possibly other manifestations of neglect, even abuse. Hazel should at the very least install a camera (a friend watches her mother and caretaker from her own cellphone) but my best advice is to replace the help.

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