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My husband has REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

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Bill's recent second trip to the hospital had them continuing HH. Which he then refused. His excuse is he is 89 and nothing is going to help him. Therapist tried to get him to understand that doing the light balance exercises could actually help keep him from falling and out of the ER. He is not willing to help himself (ongoing for so many decades).

He fell again the other night but this time he did follow my suggestions, inched his way into an area where I could use the Riser. Put that puppy together, cranked it up (he is 163 now and I'm 103) and within a few minutes of cranking I had him in an upright chair position and easy to transit to his walker and then to bed.

But he still won't do the few balance exercises and resists walking.

Bill is on Seroquel for both anger issues and REM sleep disorder. Has helped on both. For a while it wasn't safe for me in the same bed with him. When I slept elsewhere it got his attention.

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I goofed up the name of what I used to get Bill off the floor. It is a Raizer M. Made sure he hadn't suffered any injuries before trying to move him. He had landed on his arse this time. I think do to his school years of playing football he had learned to take a fall. Which has made his falling less dangerous then they could be. Now if his luck will hold! Better, if he would do his balance exercises so he didn't fall!

Sleeping in the guest bedroom for a month got my husband’s attention and his agreeing to try Melatonin.