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Elderly parents

Lightweight three wheel walkers. What's the best?
13
How to deal with Mum insisting on things that aren't true (when she is still mostly with it)?
29
How to find a nursing home - not self funded / no hospice available
107
I hate my life right now and it's mainly due to my elderly parents constant needs and I hate myself even more for saying that.
202
What to do - head/neck cancer DM, depressed/dementia DF
17
Dementia Waiting list question
17
Has anyone stopped visiting an elderly parent for their own wellbeing?
26
Constant complaint the food is terrible
19
CHC - to appeal or not to appeal? That is the question!
13
Would a companionship and practical support service help your elderly parents?
71
Using health LPA on a gradual basis
17
How can I best support my mum while dad is in hospital
9
Complex feelings around very unwell mum
6
AIBU to challenge a care company over inaccurate visit times?
22
Coping with elderly parents, dementia and an increasingly difficult father
12
Father’s Day gifts
4
Dm non weight bearing after busting her knee - hospital want to discharge to home
19
When they never wanted to go into a home…
35
DM trying to manipulate me into doing more
25
Feeling blindsided by low B12 diagnosis
10
FIL falling asleep all the time
22
If your parents have an emergency pendent alarm PLEASE READ THIS
9
What support should hospitals provide for patients with dementia without family present?
33
Coping when doctors keep saying an elderly parent is near the end
23
Is a lockable fridge pot mean?
46
Mother taking wrong medication
10
Suicidal ideation
3
Are my concerns about my mother-in-law's respite care reasonable?
26
Struggling with difficult feelings about my father now he has dementia
9
DM wants the impossible
70
Can council funded Alzheimer’s care be arranged nearer to family?
23
Elderly mother with possible dementia
15
Too young for a care home?
62
Advice on care options for mother with Parkinson's (poss dementia) returning to the UK
42
Possible Financial Abuse: Elderly Mother
6
How can we help elderly parents facing suspected financial abuse?
6
LPA and using access codes
13
Managing Medication (or not as the case may be!)
9
How long did the stairlift get used?
35
reclining garden chair or weather proof bed for elderly dad
6
Registering an LPA with NatWest for a housebound elderly parent
30
Life expectancy - Mixed dementia and Parkinson’s
3
Care Homes & Money
29
Rapid mental decline in elderly father-in-law abroad, dementia or delirium?
5
Dad being taken advantage of
20
POC coming to an end- hard sell?
7
Any experiences of Delirium ?
37
Experiences of elderly parents going into respite care for the first time
20
How to attach fall alarm to belt.
12
Mum hates new care home
21