
My 84 yo mom has dementia and lives alone in a 2 story house. We live in NC, and summer and the humidity have hit hard now that it’s June.
Whenever we go to check on her she has turned the thermostat to heat instead of AC. Recently, after my sister took her to the beach for a week, they got her home to find out she’d left the heat on all week and the inside temp was 85! It’s summer in the South! I’ve told her she does not need to turn the heat on for the next 4 months, but I’m not sure if she just can’t figure out how to work it anymore.
Should we have the thermostat changed to one we can operate by app? Or is there any other way to monitor/control it? I’m aware that she does get cold because she’s on Eliquis, but I'm also worried she might suffer in her sleep from the heat!
Good luck to you.
Agree, this forum has been SO helpful to me!!
In the meantime with you all trying to figure out where she goes now, buy a white Sensi smart thermostat on Amazon so you can change her ac and heat from your phone or iPad.
However,
Today it's the thermostat tomorrow it's the gas stove, or doors unlocked etc etc. She needs to be in senior care for dementia patients, before she harms or kills herself.
She's likely to leave the stove or oven on.
There are locks you can put on the controls.
If you put on/in a "smart" thermostat YOU can control it from your phone.
But..this is not the real problem.
Your mom with dementia living alone is the problem.
I am of the belief that a person that has been diagnosed with dementia should not be living alone. There are so many things that can go wrong so quickly.
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