Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at
10:17 am
mistymountain_999 asked: I have an elderly uncle, he is about 55 and he has parkinsons disease. So he has to take alot of medicine. He always forgets to take his medicine, and he confuses himself on which meds to take. He is constantly having hallucinations. My dad, mom, brother, my cousin, and I are my Uncle’s only family. My parents are always working, my cousin, brother and I go to school. We need to find a way so that we know if anything happens to him while we are at school and work, that he can have help. We were thinking of hiring a person to take care of him, but it was priced at $1000 a week, and we cannot afford that. My uncle also will not go to a nursing home or anything like it. Is there any other options?
There was something like a necklace/bracelet that when he needs help he pushes the button, but none of us would be available to help him if he had that.
Thanks!
We live in Idaho, and he has no insurance.
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Friday, July 30th, 2010 at
2:33 am

mistymountain_999 asked:
I have an uncle, he is about 55 and he has parkinsons disease, he has no insurance and we live in Idaho. He has to take alot of medicine. He always forgets to take his medicine, and he confuses himself on which meds to take. He is constantly having hallucinations. My dad, mom, brother, my cousin, and I are my Uncle’s only family. My parents are always working, my cousin, brother and I go to school. We were thinking of hiring a person to take care of him, but it was priced at $1000 a week, and we cannot afford that, plus we live in a tiny town and we would have to hire someone from a city 200 miles away. My uncle also will not go to a nursing home or anything like it, he is extremely attached to the house, it was where he was born and raised. There was something like a necklace/bracelet that when he needs help he pushes the button, but we are afraid he would always push it because he just wants company. My family goes down there as much as we can, but he always wants more. Any Ideas?
We cannot afford to have someone come and take care of him constantly. My uncle never remembers to pay his bills or anything. He is always just wanting someone to come and take care of him. My dad thinks he fakes having hallucinations and stuff just for attention. I don’t think so but i don’t know what to do. My uncle will call my dad and ask him to come down because he is terrified and having hallucinations, and when my dad gets there my uncle is still scared, but then he is fine after 5 min. my dad thinks he is faking it all, so when my dad comes home he just yells and gets angry because of it. My cousin tried living at my uncles house, but my uncle won’t let him have a life. He will call every half hour to see when he is coming home. Is there anything we can do?
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at
7:50 pm
mistymountain_999 asked: I have an elderly uncle, he is about 55 and he has parkinsons disease. So he has to take alot of medicine. He always forgets to take his medicine, and he confuses himself on which meds to take. He is constantly having hallucinations. My dad, mom, brother, my cousin, and I are my Uncle’s only family. My parents are always working, my cousin, brother and I go to school. We need to find a way so that we know if anything happens to him while we are at school and work, that he can have help. We were thinking of hiring a person to take care of him, but it was priced at $1000 a week, and we cannot afford that. My uncle also will not go to a nursing home or anything like it. Is there any other options?
There was something like a necklace/bracelet that when he needs help he pushes the button, but none of us would be available to help him if he had that.
Thanks!
Technorati Tags: Alot, Cousin Brother, Hallucinations