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Bed bugs nightmare

3 replies

AChickenNamedDoris · 18/08/2025 17:50

Hoping someone can offer some advice 😬 My mum has bedbugs, she has dementia and lives at home with a carer, so the weight of responsibility falls heavy on me. She had a whole house heat and chemical treatment in July which apparently "guarantees" all bugs to be killed in one go, except it didn't. The company have since been back, 12 days ago, to retreat with a chemical treatment. Her carer keeps finding bed bugs on her bed. I don't know what else to do. Her carer thinks I should get rid of the bed. Will this help? Chatgpt seems to think not, but I don't know what else to do. It's all so stressful and I just can't cope with this, my perimenopause and bringing up an autistic child going through puberty all at the same time 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Meem321 · 18/08/2025 18:07

Yes get rid of the bed and bedding for starters.

Partridgewell · 18/08/2025 18:09

I would get rid of the bedding and the bed and then get the chemical treatment done again. Sorry, it's so stressful.

Ilovethewild · 18/08/2025 18:10

Get rid of the mattress and bed base if wooden/fabric.
all clothes to be washed at 60+, and kept bagged until after treatment

remove any old furniture that they may live in

remove carpets if you can
hoover daily,

bedbugs are a bugger to get rid off

carers may be bringing them in from elsewhere, ask them!

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