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What are your tips for staying independent at your own home?

Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 13 3:19pm | Replies (160)

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@robinann

Thank you all for the very good suggestions for 'staying home' and I hope that you can help me. How do you get a large person up off the ground, in the house, when he has fallen? I am very fit but not too strong and have balance issues. My husband has Parkinson's and the last time this happened it was a real struggle. We have no neighbours at home during the day nor anyone that we can call on to assist. We are hoping to stay at home for as long as possible. RobinAnn

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@robinann Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You can call you local fire department for a medical lift assist. They are trained to do this, and actually respond to a fair number of this type of call.
Ginger

The Fire Dept. in NYC, I'm told, has a service that just goes out to get people up off the fround. Maybe your area has such a service...good luck !