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Elder-caregivers

NCarolinawoman

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3. I second that. My Mom would often fall to the floor because of a sudden drop

Reply to Habibi (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 10:17 PM

Aug 2015

in blood pressure or partial seizure. The kindly firemen would come and pick her up like she was as light as a feather and gently put her into bed. They were good at calming ME down. This happened a lot and I got to know them well.

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"The chair incident" - when Dad falls on the floor [View all] Aerows Aug 2015 OP

You deserve a pat on the back :-) alcina Aug 2015 #1

Should something similar happen again Habibi Aug 2015 #2

I second that. My Mom would often fall to the floor because of a sudden drop NCarolinawoman Aug 2015 #3

i agree... samnsara Feb 2017 #6

get rid of the negativity davidsmith75 Sep 2015 #4

same thing happened to dad.... samnsara Feb 2017 #5