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Srgramacy Asked October 2012

How to stop mom from getting out of bed an taking oxygen off?

Mom doesn't know she is in wheelchair and needs oxygen. She gets out of bed at night, takes her oxygen off and tries to walk to the bathroom. She has fallen twice. She is in Assisted Living. We have an emergency mat next to her bed but either she misses it, the nurses don't hear it or ?? Any suggestions

NancyH Oct 2012
If she had a walker next to her bed, is she able to walk without falling to the bathroom? Do you think she'd be able to remember to put the oxygen back on if she did successfully make it back to bed? Or, what about attaching an alarm to her nightgown like they do in the nursing homes, so when it comes off an alarm sounds?

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