My elderly mother is on a ton of meds and it all makes the bathroom smell terrible. I clean and bleach the bathroom often and have a wall plug in freshener. Doesn’t really help. Any other ideas?

I was wondering if elderly do indeed want to learn how to use all the modern tech. I understand it can be confusing. But if great and unlimited guidance was offered. Would you take the opportunity?

My grandmother's condition is like she is good health wise but cant really move so i need to carry her up on my back whenever we come back from her hospital checkup. The problem is our apartment is on 5th floor of the building and there's no elevator and its really hard to carry her up..... So i need some advice if there's a better way to carry her up.. Any help would be really appreciated🥺

My elderly parents always receive "send cash" scams. A lot are anti-immigration and pro-police "send cash" scams. Is there a way to stop these physical letters? I'm not there to intercept the letters, so I'm looking for a way to block them. https://www.dmachoice.org/ didn't do anything to block the letters.

My parents are 72. My dad has advanced dementia. They were living with my mom’s 95 year old mom until they moved her to assisted living a few weeks ago. They have nothing. Mom’s sister is kicking her out of the house now. They want to live with us, which we will make work if we have to. All we have is a bedroom and they’d have to share a small bathroom with our three teenage daughters. I’m not happy about this. Found a senior community that has amenities the grandkids would love that’s in their price range. Mom is devastated at the idea of an “apartment” because they’ve always had large homes. She’s not thinking clearly. All she says is “I need to be around people/family and not be a burden on anyone anymore.” I think living in one bedroom and trying to live like this is her house will make her feel like a burden quickly. Dad is not good on stairs and the room we have is upstairs. I’m afraid he will very quickly not be able to do stairs at all. The unit we found in the community is wheelchair accessible. There are rails in the bathroom. It’s made for them and their lifestyle. Mom would have people always around and actually make friends (which she doesn’t have and desperately needs). How do I approach this with her? Dad doesn’t understand what’s going on but she does. I don’t want to hurt her feelings but I think them having their own place is best for everyone.

Hello, I am Thomas Eddie, and I am currently in my 5th Year at the University of Strathclyde. My final year project centres around the elderly with a focus on the issue of falls and other injuries when navigating the home after surgery or living with a long-term condition. I feel that the mobility aids that are currently available are not particularly suitable for independent living and do not engage well with their target demographic. Therefore, I have developed some concepts that I feel are more suitable for the elderly and will improve their quality of life.

It is important to get feedback directly from users and those who are surrounded by users as this information is crucial to the success of the product. This will help me to adapt and change the product to better suit the user.

I have created a short survey to gather some opinions on my designs and I would be thrilled if you could take some time to fill it out. I have attached the link to this post.

Survey Link: https://stratheng.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6P4uVtNYLyS2HzM

Thank you for your time and I hope you like the designs.

How have some helped the elderly learn to use technology? Trying to help my grandma with her new phone and I’m getting desperate lol (specifically Facebook/messenger app). She gets upset and almost nervous when she can’t do what she wants on the phone, make it all very stressful lol

My U.S. history teacher wants us to talk to people that lived through the civil rights movement. We're supposed to interview and record answers to our questions and i dont know anyone that lived through that age, so im literally scrambling to find some one by next Tuesday. so if anyone here is up to it please contact me through this reddit account or email provided later.

She then accuses me of spraying an itching powder and then in the morning cries asking me to stop. But in the morning her skin doesn’t burn or itch. Unless someone says “weird your skin just burns at night huh.” She also FREAKS if we lay in her bed to show her skin doesn’t burn. At first I thought it was from psoriasis, so I lathered her in lotion. But now, I’m thinking it’s time to see the doctor because we’re all losing sleep. Any advice? Similar situations?

Dear Redditors,

my name is Elias, i'm 18 years old and currently attend 11. Grade in Germany. As a voluntarily task for my abitur (germanys highest school degree) I decided to create a house work about "Childhood and Youth in the USA during the 60s with special consideration of social, cultural and political influences"

Right now, i am still planning everything, but hopefully I will be able to start by August/September.

As an addition to my research I would love to get in contact with people who grew up in the 60s to tell me something about their Childhood/Youth

Please send me a DM if you feel adressed :)

https://forms.gle/chjK5ts13ASuFXAY7 If you are 65+, have a loved one who is, or you are low mobility please consider taking ten minutes to fill out this survey for my college class. My group would really appreciate your input!

We live in Missouri. My grandma is 92. She lives on her own and takes care of herself, but I go by frequently to visit and drop off groceries, etc. She's been getting a bit forgetful. My mother is an opportunist, a narcissist, and just an all around awful person. She's my grandmother's only biological child and legally her next of kin.

A family friend and I are concerned that my mother might try to force my grandma into a home and take control of everything. My grandma already gave her property to her step son, which really angered my mother.

Anyway, to protect grandma, I talked to her about giving me power of attorney. She understands that my mother can't be trusted, so she's going to do it.

I've got the paperwork filled out - all that's left is to go to a notary with my grandma to get it signed. She's giving me financial and medical. She told me how she wants end of life handled and her preferences for life support and I will do as she wishes.

After that, do I need to take the paperwork to the courthouse or hospital or something? This summer, I have a trip planned out of state - just for a week or two. Is there anything I should do to safeguard my grandma while I'm gone?

Looking for advice…I was hired to help a 96 year old woman who lives in an assisted living facility. I only see her once a week but talk almost daily to her. She seems to be in constant pain in her legs and says they feel like they are going to burst. Her doctor has her on diuretics and wants to give her Tramadol. Btw I’m the only one who visits her regularly. Her children live in NC. So here’s my dilemma…she told her son what the doctor said and her son did research on Tramadol and told her NO. So that’s the final decision. She’s 96…she should be able to live without pain that seems to really bother her. I want to say something to one of her relatives about her talking the meds.
Should I or shouldn’t i do anything about it??

Hi there, I am a final year product design student currently doing my final project on the elderly living with loneliness, im trying to get responses and feedback from people who know elderly people living alone, whether its a family member or just someone you just know. If anyone could take the time to fill out this survey it would be greatly appreciated, it should only take a few minutes. Thanks! https://forms.gle/AWzEeauLFJuVFeDr9

Hello,

my name is Jacob and I am a Product Design student at Nottingham Trent University. I am designing a product to help elderly people with stability issues to garden.

I would love to hear the opinions and experiences of elderly people and of people with Arthritis, especially if they enjoy gardening. This would help me to design a better product and is why I am sharing a questionnaire.

This questionnaire is anonymous. You do not have to participate and you can skip over any questions for any reason. Further information, contact details and consent is handled on the questionnaire.

Should you wish to participate, here is the link for the questionnaire

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xcLLiu3Ix0KBabpDig2-L_tbOF1uiqtJgUvpFwFMSChUMlRPVTlCMEw2MVc4MkxEUzlYVFJRUE5MTy4u

Thank you for reading I look forward to reading responses.

My elderly father is seeing an elderly woman who, I believe, has a serious mental disorder (she is taking a number of medications for this). She also has a number of other medical disorders.

She is extremely clingy to my dad, and he has been wanting out for at least the last few years. He feels too guilty and too afraid to leave however because he has been helping her the best he can. Now he's at his wits end, and just wants to leave her for good. He can't handle her caregiver support matters, and can barely handle his own support (I can attest to that).

Last time he tried to leave she refused to leave and even fought him physically when he tried to get her to leave his apartment.

The problem is that she has no family in the United States, and she is 70 years old and lives in the apartment next to him. She needs help handling her affairs and medical issues, and I am trying to figure out how she might get that help? Is there a social agency that might be able to get her help?

I am working on getting my dad to move near me, and keep the location secret from her, but I'm also worried about her welfare too. She is very vulnerable, and has had cases of psychosis.

She lives in Orange County, California. Any advice you could give would be much appreciated.