Home Care

Questions and Answers

1. What is the best way to make the transition from home care to a long term care facility?

   - What is the best way to make the transition from caring for your parent at home to placing them in a residential care home? My mom is now in a stage that she needs 24 hour care .
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2. What are my tax responsibilities when hiring a home health aide?

   - What are my responsibilities when hiring a home health aide? I'm confused about payroll tax, Social Security tax and other benefits.
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3. How do I show my elderly father how to use a bedpan?

   - How do you help someone use a bedpan? My parent needs help with the bedpan, but I'm not sure how to help him use it.
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4. Should I get a personal emergency response system (PERS) for my mom, who has early-stage Alzheimer's?

   - My mom has been diagnosed with early Alzheimer's, her memory is fading, and she gets disoriented and confused, but she still has periods when she's fine. Because she lives alone, I was thinking of getting her one of those personal emergency response buttons, where she can quickly summon help. Is this a good idea...
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5. How do I find in-home care for my father?

   - How do I find someone to come to my father's home and care for him? He has broken both hips, is somewhat mobile, very stubborn and independent.
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6. How do I help my mother, who is being physically threatened by my father and refuses help?

   - My elderly father has physically threatened my frail mother. What should I do? Mother would be unable to stay at home without help of Dad. They have cleaning help. Mom refuses to discuss home health care or hiring more help.
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7. I would like to have someone visit my mom twice a week while I am gone for two months in January and February. Who do I talk to about it?

   - I would like to have someone visit my Mom twice a week while I am gone for two months in January and February. Who do I talk to about it?
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8. How can I convince my wife to bathe?

   - I cannot get my wife to bathe on her own and she will not accept help. Is there any thing I can do?
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9. How do we deal with my mother who refuses to seek medical attention?

   - How do we deal with my mother who refuses to seek medical attention? My mother lives alone, is fiercely independent and has fallen 5 times in the past 6 months. She agreed to see her doctor for only 2 of those falls. She distrusts doctors and believes they will put her in a nursing home, no matter...
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10. What is the best way to dispose of adult diapers?

    - I need advice on disposal of adult diapers. Is it okay to just put them in the regular garbage headed for the landfill?
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