The fire department? Does this mean he is in a wheelchair and not mobile on his own?
Not to add to the pressures of being his caregiver, but this is not a sustainable strategy, as you are finding out.
Contact social services for his county to see if they have a transport service (and he'd probably need to be vetted and financially qualify for this). If he has any dementia or memory impairment, you or an aid would be required to accompany him. I'm not sure the driver would be qualified or allowed to help get him up and down stairs, since this is dangerous.
Or, he has to move to an ADA-compliant apartment, or into Assisted Living, or he hires a male companion aid with a car for about 30 hrs per week then only makes appointments during those hours. Care.com
Getting someone with limited mobility in and out of a non-wheelchair accessible vehicle will injure one's back at some point. Been there, done that with my 190 lb wheelchair-bound MIL. Not worth the risk.
Time to speak to the doctor about you inability to get this patient to medical. May be time to make decisions about palliative, hospice care, placement in SNF for care and etc. I think you badly need social services intervention here. Perhaps the doctor can help guide you to that. I wish you the best. This must just be the icing on the cake of your current caregiving and my heart goes out to you.
Talk to his doctor about ordering Home Health care services
Not to add to the pressures of being his caregiver, but this is not a sustainable strategy, as you are finding out.
Contact social services for his county to see if they have a transport service (and he'd probably need to be vetted and financially qualify for this). If he has any dementia or memory impairment, you or an aid would be required to accompany him. I'm not sure the driver would be qualified or allowed to help get him up and down stairs, since this is dangerous.
Or, he has to move to an ADA-compliant apartment, or into Assisted Living, or he hires a male companion aid with a car for about 30 hrs per week then only makes appointments during those hours. Care.com
Getting someone with limited mobility in and out of a non-wheelchair accessible vehicle will injure one's back at some point. Been there, done that with my 190 lb wheelchair-bound MIL. Not worth the risk.
May be time to make decisions about palliative, hospice care, placement in SNF for care and etc.
I think you badly need social services intervention here. Perhaps the doctor can help guide you to that. I wish you the best. This must just be the icing on the cake of your current caregiving and my heart goes out to you.