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Health Boards What to do now???  
00:37 30-Mar-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 127]    By: Unnamed
Hi all, I was my the primary caregiver for my mother for 4 years as well as holding down a full time job. I set up everything for her day including preparing breakfast / lunch etc. She was able to...
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Health Boards Gel cushions: any good? expensive, so i want to know  
21:46 29-Mar-05   [Replies: 0, Views: 98]    By: Unnamed
about ten yrs ago, i priced gel cushions for wheelchairs. They were highly touted in ads. But are they superior? { PS i find latex better than any fiber cushions} Are there ripoffs out there ...
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Health Boards Aides: hiring how-to.. Any bklets on how to hire an aide?  
21:24 29-Mar-05   [Replies: 6, Views: 671]    By: Unnamed
booklets or websites with a good post on hiring and managing aides to hlp the disabled? thank you bunches and bunches, john in usa...
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Health Boards Mother with Dementia lives far away  
17:09 29-Mar-05   [Replies: 1, Views: 115]    By: Unnamed
Hi all, I'm new to this group but not the boards so I know I can count on you for help and suggestions. I live in Illinois and my mother lives in Florida. Mom has been diagnosed with demetia and ...
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Health Boards R & R  
05:01 29-Mar-05   [Replies: 1, Views: 109]    By: Unnamed
Breathing sigh of relief. FIL has decided to book himself into hospital for a week, before he had to go in for catarract surgery. (FIL has advanced Final Stage Lung Disease/COPD you name it). ...
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Health Boards What a wonderful two days  
22:42 23-Mar-05   [Replies: 0, Views: 63]    By: Unnamed
The last two days with grandma have been wonderful. Yesterday my day started out as usual after getting grandma's breakfast I realized I had no Diet Pepsi which you coffee drinkers should be able to...
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Health Boards Caretaker - Please help  
09:21 21-Mar-05   [Replies: 4, Views: 660]    By: Unnamed
my husband has pd plus many other health problems.i am his wife and caretaker.i need advice on this and things i can do for myself. i also have 2 handicap boys i am tending to and i feel sometime am l...
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Health Boards John186282...  
15:31 18-Mar-05   [Replies: 1, Views: 93]    By: Unnamed
Hi John, I read some of your posts and am a little concerned about you... Sounds like you need some help with your care. What state are you in, if you don't mind? There are SO many resources out...
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Health Boards electric shavers: VACCUMM in any to suck away trimmings?  
03:46 13-Mar-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 175]    By: Unnamed
I have very limited strength, so i need to find an easier way to cut my beard back to stubble. Electric shaver, or maybe depilitory creme. ----I had an elec. shaver years back, but the thing flung c...
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Health Boards Alcohol bath:easiest methods?  
03:38 13-Mar-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 302]    By: Unnamed
I have limited strength. Any tips for making an alcohol bath to meself go easier? Like, battery scrubbers work well? --easy way to scrub the back? --easy way to warm the alcohol up? --does 9...
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Health Boards What happened to family values  
01:46 7-Mar-05   [Replies: 9, Views: 518]    By: Unnamed
Hello all, I found this board a few weeks ago, but have been to busy to think much less write. This is a long story, however, I really need to vent. First off I'm a 34 year old married with 6 k...
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Health Boards Home Health Services,USA:can they drive me to stores:also,can they fet..  
21:43 5-Mar-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 253]    By: Unnamed
Hi to all my friends here! Luv ya! I may move to a rural area with only one cab, only works mornings. But i may need to do errands at other hours. Since it has many retired folks, it has two HHSer...
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Health Boards Defecation:Bedridden.Tips for cleanliness wanted  
12:52 3-Mar-05   [Replies: 5, Views: 516]    By: Unnamed
Hi, No dr or nurse to ask, since i am in US and poor. pls tell me any tips that will keep things fairly clean during defecation in bed. eg. 1. best position 2. best layout of paper tissues d...
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Health Boards New to Board...Husband with MS  
11:01 16-Feb-05   [Replies: 3, Views: 382]    By: Unnamed
Hello to all...I am new to this board and just wanted to introduce myself. My husband and I have been married for almost four years. He was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis almost 19 years ago. He i...
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Health Boards feel like i should be able to do more  
14:15 14-Feb-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 275]    By: Unnamed
my spouse has had a deteriorating disc for years and had surgery in september. the back pain has virtually gone, but now the incision appears to be herniated and there is bursitis in her left hip from...
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Health Boards Need some helpful suggestios  
23:02 10-Feb-05   [Replies: 6, Views: 617]    By: Unnamed
My mother is 92 years old and in a good nursing home. Throughout her life she has been passive aggressive and although I have loved her and truthfuly always felt sorry sorry for her as she seemed to ...
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Health Boards tired of being a maid  
13:14 5-Feb-05   [Replies: 16, Views: 1892]    By: Unnamed
im so very tired of being a maid I ask what did i do to deserve all this im so frustrated i want to get a job just to get away my hubby is so nasty hardley will even clean after himself any more he i...
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Health Boards grandma is in a nursing home  
17:11 30-Jan-05   [Replies: 2, Views: 347]    By: Unnamed
OK, this is a really long story. So please bear with me. My mom and her mom never got along. Not even when my mom was a kid. But my mom got along great with my grandfather, and my parents and gra...
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Health Boards Caregiver ? ? ?  
15:16 18-Jan-05   [Replies: 3, Views: 406]    By: Unnamed
My husband has so many issues I don't know which board to go to. All I know is that I am at the end of my rope! Here's his list: Osteoarthritis in spine / Interstitial Cystitis / Prostatitis / Anem...
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Health Boards Any Single Caregivers out there?  
08:18 14-Jan-05   [Replies: 3, Views: 482]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyone, my sister and I have been taking care of my mom 24/7 for the past few years. It's very difficult to meet any men that are understanding of the situation. Therefore, I remain single at t...
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Health Boards Financial Assitance for Caregivers  
19:35 13-Oct-04   [Replies: 4, Views: 1152]    By: Unnamed
Hi, my name is Irma, I stopped working in Nov. of 02. The reason was this, my mother fell and got hurt, not bad but a few bumps on her head and several bruses. I had my boss cut my hours to part time ...
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Health Boards college student + caregiver  
14:57 15-Aug-04   [Replies: 15, Views: 2295]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I'm in college, living at home, and am a caregiver for my brother who is autistic and has TS and my mother who has physical and mental problems. I'm trying to find a place where I can talk to oth...
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Health Boards lonely  
12:34 7-Jul-04   [Replies: 3, Views: 467]    By: Unnamed
I am my wife`s protector and love. she been suffering from ms since 1988, she more fortunate than others. that she can walk and still drive short distances. She suffer from depression, and three f...
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Health Boards essential meds  
11:06 26-Jun-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 303]    By: Unnamed
my hubby has been on essential meds for years diabetes, blood thinners, asa therapy,diuretics, bp meds,beta blockers his med ical hx is diabetes hi bp, hi cholesteral ,asbestosis, pvd, circulat...
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Health Boards what procedures to get put in a home?  
00:44 26-Jun-04   [Replies: 11, Views: 1945]    By: Unnamed
I am burned out..cooked is a better term, been taking care of mother for 7 years, she must have dementia, she talks to the t.v.v 24/7, never shuts up, is so difficult, throws food in the garbage if it...
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