Re: Monday Night Dinner? 6/02/2025

On 6/4/2025 5:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-06-04, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 6/3/2025 7:49 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
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Falling seems to come with advanced age for some seniors.
Glad she didn't break any bones, especially a hip.

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YES! ! !  Much of it is preventable.  Grab bars in the shower/tub and
toilet for starters.  Nothing wrong with using a walker if helpful.

 Funny thing.  The last time she had her bathroom remodeled, the
janky company she hired didn't put any drywall behind the acrylic
shower surround.  The studs are easy to find.
 

Drop something?  There are tools for picking up so you don't have to
bend.  Plenty of tools available to help out.

 She doesn't remember the fall, but I think she was getting up
from the rolling desk chair at her computer, caught her foot
in one of the 5 horizontal "legs", and went down.  I'm thinking
about getting her a rolling computer desk and a stationary chair,
but I think she'd just try to use the computer desk to help her
stand up.
 She's more stubborn than a mule.  She makes me look like a pliant
reed.
 I'm seriously starting to think about assisted living, but she
doesn't have much money and it'll kill her to leave her house
that she paid for with her own hard-earned money.  Every time
I go there, I hope to find she's died in her sleep.
 

No easy choices.  My sister was in assisted living and really liked it, stress free.
Frankly, your last sentence is the best solution for everyone.