Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Southampton
Trying to Help Mum Posted: 12-17-05 13:54pm
Hi
i am writing on behalf of my mum who has
very bad rheumatoid arthritis. She has a
carer but mum is 80 and still tries to
help herself as much as she can. Her
carer is due at 8am and at 7.55am mum goes
in for a shower but can't towel herself
dry so if her carer is late mum is left
wet. We have begged her to wait for her
carer to arrive before taking a shower but
she just won't listen and to be honset I
respect her for doing what she does, she
needs to be helping herself and she is
trying her best.
Here is my question
if mum is wet and the carer is late would
a good quality toweling bathrobe help her
to get dry? Remember she can't dry
herself because she can't hold a towel but
she could put a bathrobe on. If this
would help her I would get one for her
tomorrow but I need some advice please
thanks in advance
ken
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 12-17-05 14:22pm
Yes, I think it would help her a lot, as
long as she can hold it and put it on her
shoulders. They are kinda heavy and if
it is wet it would be even more heavy.
