Worried about elderly neighbour

Captain you're one in a million as is Frank!!!

That story has made well up ....

You truly are fabulous

Don't feel bad. You did exactly the right thing. How were you to know? And you got her help.
Fwiw, my DM fell a few years back and broke her hip. Somehow (I still have no idea how she managed it - probably sheer stubbornness) she managed to get herself back in the house and call me - otherwise she would have been laying there til my dad got home some hours later.
Well done you! Have a drink and try to relax.
I'm sure your neighbour is incredibly grateful for what you did.

captain you are a star, as is Frank!

An hour is speedy op you did exactly the right thing. Have a tear in my eye at old loyal Frank as well!

you are a wonderful person
what a lovely thing to do

praying all will be ok and she has a speedy recovery

You are such a lovely neighbour and what a super loyal dog. I wanted to mention about the bracelet as well. They are fantastic. She will hear a voice immediately reassuring here and then will then return to tell her that you ( or whoever volunteers) are on your way. Its a marvellous aid.

Sorry. Realised that wasn't clear. I obviously meant foster care for the dog (eg if she's in hospital.) not for your neighbour herself.

Well done for calling the police and getting help tonight. She's lucky you intervened. Thank goodness you weren't on holiday or out.
Just a thought. If she ever needs foster care or someone to walk the dog then try the Cinnamon Trust. They are a national charity with volunteers who can help.

Yeah for Frank. Good boy.

And you Callisto.

I suspect she will be persuaded by hospital to get herself a lifeline pendant to wear daily so if she falls she can just press a button and call for help. They usually ask for a named person to call initially so you could maybe volunteer for that if she has no friends nearby. She will be okay but if you had not reacted with your gut instinct the outcome for her would have been far more serious. The longer someone is on the floor the harder the recovery will be. Well done OP.

What a fabulous dog!

Well done OP, you may well have saved her life.

Well done op. You are a fantastic neighbour

Frank deserves a medal! Your poor neighbour. Thank goodness you were there. Please dont be too hard on yourself, you did an amazing thing today. for you and your neighbour.

Well done, Captain Callisto. Don't beat yourself up about an hour. You hear of so many old people been found days after a fall and no-one bothered to do a thing.

Dont beat yourself up.
You have probably saved a life here.

It would have been easy for you to have dismissed the barking as a nuisance but you recognised it was something out of the ordinary and got help.

well done you

And extra kudos for looking after the dog.

Thank goodness you realised, poor lady but well done to you and bloody well done to Frank who deserves a nice treat.

I hope she's on the mend soon.

Our neighbour is 90. She's fiercely independent, despite me offering endlessly to take her to the shops in my car or to the doctors etc. She always said no. But she had a very serious fall recently, had one of the emergency pendants which she pressed and got taken to hospital. She has a very large family and they had to get her into a care home for two weeks while they sorted an electric chair and bed to help her get up and also sort out the front steps and put in extra handrails.

Since she's been home (looking a lot better) I have taken her to some appointments and got her some shopping (although her dd does her an online shop regularly now). She's wonderful fun, I love spending time with her but I feel sick knowing she was lying next door and none of us knew. (She doesn't have a Frank).

We should all be looking out for our neighbours. I'm lucky to live in a street where we all know each other and help each other out but our neighbour is very sound of mind (if not body) and was determined not to be a 'burden'. She's not and I've told her that.

I hopefully pick up my new convertible tomorrow and I shall take her for a spin :)

Don't feel awful OP what a lovely person and neighbour you are

Well done for checking on her and getting help so quicklyI bet your neghbour,Frank the Dog and the neighbours Daughter will be forever grateful to you.x

Well done frank and op. An hour may sound a long time but sadly its not. Hopefully speedy recovery to your neighbour x

You did fine some people wouldn't of called.

Grandad fella getting into bed and wasn't found until he didn't answer his phone the following morning so he spent all night on the floor with no covers or anything.

Hope she's fine after being checked out

She is lucky to have a neighbour as interested and observant as you. I would hope someone would look out for dm in the same way. Her neighbour was found dead in her chair , alone :(

Aww I'm glad you called them, a lot of people wouldn't have bothered. What a lovely dog to try and get help.

You've possibly saved her life.