Falling over

[Tony]

Soft landings everyone 😊

[Ellie]

Tony Oh my days T, what a dreadful experience for you both, so glad that you weren't hurt. xx

[Piglet]

Tony sorry to hear about your fall. We went through a period of falls with my husband, our. Occupational therapist was visiting us and witnessed my husband falling from his chair. It took the both of us 3 attempts to get him up and we were both out of breath(she has asthma) which made it worse. She then organised a “raizer” which is placed underneath, pieced together then a battery lifts it up.
Not needed to use it since thankfully but that’s another option you could ask you O T. Take care in the future. Xx

[Olivia H]

Tony glad you are ok but the combination of the helplessness and the fact our NHS is increasingly stretched to breaking point is not good. Falling with mnd is just a nightmare.

denise you are right, at times its a very lonely place as a carer, I used to be with my late dad who had falls (not mnd), and at least there was a bit more support available then when you called for help/ambulance!

[LesleyB]

Hi Tony. When I had my first serious fall, last September, my legs just gave way getting up the two steps into our house.My hubby did get me into the house (pulling and me bum shuffle) he got me onto the couch. However my physio told me about a blow up cushion contraption, that would have done the job.Needless to say I never stepped into the house again ! It’s a round trip through the kitchen into the conservatory, onto decking , through the garage. In my wheelchair of course.My lovely physio gave us the advice , don’t feel as if your giving in but it saves serious injury. Plus when I went out I worried about getting up those two steps all the time.I certainly would not want to be lifting my husband off the floor.