Medical
What would you do if your eyesight is quite limited, and you are unable to read small print on medication bottles?
Magnified glass, Large print labels.
Ahome health aide comes five times a week to assist in bathing you. You have been assigned a new aide during the last week and feel that she is not using proper safety precautions. She has even allowed you to fall once when transferring you out of the tub.
Notify her superior, ask family to be there.
You are physically unable to care for your lawn.
Hire someone or ask family/neighbors/friends
You have trouble remembering when your appointments are for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
CALENDAR
Your social security check was not in the mail on its regular day, and you need the money to pay your bills.
Call social security
You are allergic to codeine, but your nurse has received doctor’s orders to give you a pain medication containing codeine. Both individuals are unaware of your allergy.
Your physical therapist has advised you to use a specific shower chair while bathing, but you feel that a regular straight chair will be sufficient.
Discuss with your therapist.
There is a terrible thunderstorm, and you notice a leak in the roof of your bedroom.
call repair company, put a bucket under it.
You fall asleep very easily whenever you sit still for a while. You have been invited to a wedding reception, and you do not want to fall asleep during the festivities.
You forgot to pay your power bill this month because it fell behind your desk. Now your power has been turned off.
Call the electrical company and pay the payment.
You are seeing several specialists, but your pharmacist has alerted you that the various medications these doctors have prescribed separately could interact badly when combined.
Call your primary and have them assist you with medications.
You would like to get the daily newspaper from the front yard. However, you must walk down steps to do so, and your physical therapist has told you that you are not yet ready for stair walking.
Call the newspaper company and ask for it to be delivered at your door.
There is a power outage that may last for several days due to a severe snowstorm.
Run a generator, blankets, call family/friends, go to a hotel if able.
You have been invited to a 50th wedding anniversary party. You are physically unable to attend the party, but you would like to send a gift.
Ask family to get the gift, or amazon :)
You received a bill from the hospital. On that bill, you noticed a charge for services dated the day after your discharge from the hospital.
Call hospital billing
Your physician has recommended surgery, and you are very concerned as to whether the surgery is actually necessary.
Get a second opinion
You have difficulty speaking, and you are worried that you will be unable to call or yell for a family member if you need help.
Get a bell, life alert
During certain times of the day, the circuit breakers in your home become overloaded, and the power goes off.
observe what is happening at those times and call an electrician
Your daughter asks you to baby-sit her children frequently, and you feel you are not physically able to do this any longer. However, you know that she cannot afford to pay a baby-sitter.
Your son and his family have had financial problems, and they have asked if it would be possible for them to move in with you.
Decide if this is something you are able to accomidate.
Your doctor has prescribed a special diet that restricts fat, sodium, and sugar, but you are attending a dinner party where they are serving foods not included on your diet.
Find foods that are, or eat prior/after.
You have fallen a few times while walking to the bathroom during the night. You would like to solve this problem because you usually have to use the bathroom several times each night.
Commode next to the bed.
You moved into a newly-built, smaller home because your old home was too large and difficult to take care of. However, since moving, you have noticed numerous defects, some of them structural in nature, in your new home. When you call your builder, you find his telephone has been disconnected.
Call insurance - figure out what the steps are, call a lawyer.
Every summer you enjoy having a large vegetable garden. However, you always have more vegetables than you could possibly eat, freeze, or can.
You have experienced difficulty remembering when your various monthly bills are due. Your power and gas have been disconnected due to your disorganization regarding bill payments.
Set up automatic payments, ask family/friends to assist with payments, or use a calendar.