Ideas for extending independent living
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:01 pm
Good evening,
I'm writing on behalf of my mother who has primary progressive MS. She's been a trooper and gone from walking with a floppy foot (10 years ago) to now primarily using an electric scooter. She can use her walker to go 10 feet, or so, to get to the toilet, but that's about it. She lives alone and has been falling more and more often. She's 60 years old and would really like not to go into assisted living until absolutely necessary. She has a nurse come by a couple times a week for baths, etc. my wife and kids stop by a few times a week to clean and vitis, and I stop by a few times a week to help with odds and ends. Any suggestions on physical devices that might help her live on her own would be greatly appreciated.
Current difficulties:
1. Hard to pull up shorts after going to bathroom.
2. Has to "drop" onto toilet because it's so low (I see they have adaptors to make them higher, which we'll look at)
3. Is generally falling more and more
4. She's been sleeping in her electric chair for the last 2 years because she can't get into and out of a bed
Thanks in advance,
Jim
I'm writing on behalf of my mother who has primary progressive MS. She's been a trooper and gone from walking with a floppy foot (10 years ago) to now primarily using an electric scooter. She can use her walker to go 10 feet, or so, to get to the toilet, but that's about it. She lives alone and has been falling more and more often. She's 60 years old and would really like not to go into assisted living until absolutely necessary. She has a nurse come by a couple times a week for baths, etc. my wife and kids stop by a few times a week to clean and vitis, and I stop by a few times a week to help with odds and ends. Any suggestions on physical devices that might help her live on her own would be greatly appreciated.
Current difficulties:
1. Hard to pull up shorts after going to bathroom.
2. Has to "drop" onto toilet because it's so low (I see they have adaptors to make them higher, which we'll look at)
3. Is generally falling more and more
4. She's been sleeping in her electric chair for the last 2 years because she can't get into and out of a bed
Thanks in advance,
Jim