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Suggestions For Helping Ill Elderly M-I-L
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Background;
83 year-old woman living on her own some 200 miles away from all family members in Northamptonshire.
She is just getting over some sort of laryngitis infection but can still barely be heard over the telephone.
She recently fell and after hours on the floor was admitted to hospital – chest X-rays showed her lungs to be clear but she has a damaged foot (details are a bit vague).
She was discharged back home but has since developed severe diahorrea to the extent that she has soiled much of her bed-linen and many of her clothes. She is also having trouble keeping food down: vomiting unexpectedly.
Her daughters are at their wits end – trying to organise anything from distance with the reduced services available is proving impossible.
They don’t know what to do for the best. Given current circumstances, can anyone suggest what they might do in the same situation?
83 year-old woman living on her own some 200 miles away from all family members in Northamptonshire.
She is just getting over some sort of laryngitis infection but can still barely be heard over the telephone.
She recently fell and after hours on the floor was admitted to hospital – chest X-rays showed her lungs to be clear but she has a damaged foot (details are a bit vague).
She was discharged back home but has since developed severe diahorrea to the extent that she has soiled much of her bed-linen and many of her clothes. She is also having trouble keeping food down: vomiting unexpectedly.
Her daughters are at their wits end – trying to organise anything from distance with the reduced services available is proving impossible.
They don’t know what to do for the best. Given current circumstances, can anyone suggest what they might do in the same situation?
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Eldest daughter lives in Scotland and her house is not suitably arranged for her Mum to stay.
Youngest daughter lives in Blackpool and is an 'essential worker' and as such is forced to mix with others (social isolation not withstanding) and is therefore unable to adhere to 'quarantine' requirements.
Youngest daughter lives in Blackpool and is an 'essential worker' and as such is forced to mix with others (social isolation not withstanding) and is therefore unable to adhere to 'quarantine' requirements.
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1. Visiting is not a realistic possibility.
Well it's their mum so they know best I suppose.
2. It took 7 and a half hours for the ambulance to arrive when she fell.
This is the converse side to the virus right now, no one will prioritise her care unless her family do it for her.
There was no love lost between me and my mother but I was there like a shot when the police turned up on my doorstep and told me she had no one else.... even though it was a 2 hour drive.
1. Visiting is not a realistic possibility.
Well it's their mum so they know best I suppose.
2. It took 7 and a half hours for the ambulance to arrive when she fell.
This is the converse side to the virus right now, no one will prioritise her care unless her family do it for her.
There was no love lost between me and my mother but I was there like a shot when the police turned up on my doorstep and told me she had no one else.... even though it was a 2 hour drive.
Whilst I am grateful that people are taking the time to answer the question, making suppositions and comparisons doesn't really answer the question.
I am relaying the answers to Mrs JtH who will speak to her sister later this afternoon and use the responses we receive here as a guide of how best to proceed.
I am relaying the answers to Mrs JtH who will speak to her sister later this afternoon and use the responses we receive here as a guide of how best to proceed.
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