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I had a CNA come to help me give my mom a bed bath. Is it customary to tip?
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Isthisrealyreal
Answered Jul 2019
What do you do when mom lives alone and her hygiene is terrible and she won’t let you help?
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TNtechie
Answered Jul 2019
My mother is 85 and in good physical health. She takes antidepressant and just started a memory med for Alzheimer’s. She's refusing to shower.
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lablover64
Answered Jun 2019
How do I get my dad to take a shower?
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OldestD
Replied Jun 2019
Feeling scared, worried and guilty about placing mother with Alzheimer’s in assisted living next week. Any tips to ease move and transition?
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tomb1702
Answered Jun 2019
Husband is 75 and I am 70. I am in fairly good health mentally and physically, but my hubby is having issues with vascular dementia. Advice?
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I don’t know what to do. Lady I’m taking care of doesn’t wanna shower. She tells me later, or no I took one last night.
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Caring4Alice
Answered Jun 2019
Does anyone have an answer or plan that can help me motivate my Dad to take a shower? To him it's not important!
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rhoadescr97
Answered Jun 2019
My dad needs a shower aide. He just REALLY doesn't want his daughter assisting him. Where do I start looking for one?
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freqflyer
Answered Jun 2019
Mom won't take a bath. Broke leg in 2013, on walker. Home care one hr 2 days week. They can't get her to bathe. Any suggestions?
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Isthisrealyreal
Answered Jun 2019
My 80 year old mother won't shower. It's been 7 months since last shower. She has no physical illness. Has anyone out there dealt with this?
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dads1caregiver
Answered Jun 2019
Mom has dementia. I don't know which stage but assuming it is further progressed. She fights with me if I try to get her to shower. Advice?
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Segoline
Answered Jun 2019
How should I proceed when I requested 3-4 showers a week when mom had a 16 day stay at respite and I don’t believe 1 shower was given?
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Shexhaustsme
Replied Jun 2019
Need a protector to stop shampoo in my face. Any suggestions?
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JoAnn29
Answered Jun 2019
We just did a $5000 remodel. Bars bigger stall. She still refuses. She has dementia. But her reason is nobody tells me when I bathe. Advice?
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Clou1313
Answered Jun 2019
My 97 year old mother doesn't like to bathe now!
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OldSailor
Answered May 2019
I have a 50 year old uncle who refuses to take a bath and he has the whole house smelling like yeast, body odor, and infection. Suggestions?
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Stephanie4181
Answered May 2019
How to get parent with dementia to shower?
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freqflyer
Answered May 2019
What are appropriate expectations from the care home as to Mom's cleanliness? She refuses to shower; they can't force her.
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shb1964
Replied May 2019
My grandmother keeps having accidents. Talking to her feels awkward and I feel mean...what should I do?
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GAinPA
Answered May 2019
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