My mother is on her own in a double bed. Shes very small and moves around a lot in it, slumps down etc. This morning, her back was facing where she gets in to bed(no support for back). She looked confused. Had she leaned back she would have had bad fall from bed.
Is it a case of get railings for the bed, get her a single bed(we have one in spare room that we could use) or both maybe?
We could put the single bed against the wall and a railing on other side?
If she needs a hospital bed towards the end then perhaps its best to reduce down now and get her used to it?
Shes had a tough January-broke her wrist, shingles, seizure and now cant swallow tablets and some foods are proving tough. She has a lot of jerks.
We raised our concerns with public nurse a couple weeks ago about the bed but she said any changes would have to happen when my mother is ready. Sometimes you cant wait for an accident to happen before making the changes though.
Is it a case of get railings for the bed, get her a single bed(we have one in spare room that we could use) or both maybe?
We could put the single bed against the wall and a railing on other side?
If she needs a hospital bed towards the end then perhaps its best to reduce down now and get her used to it?
Shes had a tough January-broke her wrist, shingles, seizure and now cant swallow tablets and some foods are proving tough. She has a lot of jerks.
We raised our concerns with public nurse a couple weeks ago about the bed but she said any changes would have to happen when my mother is ready. Sometimes you cant wait for an accident to happen before making the changes though.