[mjj]

Neuropathy can be the cause for some. Usually as a result of diabetes. It can severely impact your balance.

[PJLux]

My Mother, after the "jab" started falling quite a bit.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by PJLux

My Mother, after the "jab" started falling quite a bit.

Hope she gets better. A lot of ppl are just dismissive.

[PJLux]

Originally Posted by tranquility

Hope she gets better. A lot of ppl are just dismissive.

Thank you. She's gotten better, 4 years later.

[JMcLellan]

I'm going through this with my dad right now. He had been having falls maybe once a month and they became more frequent recently. He fell last Thursday and is still in the hospital. Lots of stuff going on with his health (aside from the fall) that I don't want to get into but his falling, lack of balance, lack of mobility.....no definite cause for those symptoms, or plan to improve those things with his care team yet. All vital signs are good, blood work looks good, blah blah blah. We are trying to get additional tests done and find the right experts to understand why. He needs additional help aside from the hospital getting him stable and discharging him back home. My mom can't physically and emotionally take care of him at home in his current state.

It helps to see threads like this and relate to others.

[BWBike]

My ex mother in law used to fall a lot (she is deceased now). Years ago when I used to get her pills ready in weekly pill packs, I knew she was getting weak. The two somewhat minor strokes didn’t help. Her last five to seven years she was unable to get up on her own.

What I did was to get one of those pendent buttons. If she fell, she pushed the button and EMS was dispatched by the company and helped her up. She was stubborn and didn’t always use her walker/cane when she should have.

Most of the time she was uninjured but could have gone straight to the hospital if there were broken bones, etc.

I thoroughly recommend one of these “buttons” for your elderly relatives. There is a yearly fee, but for a few hundred dollars, it’s worth it for peace of mind. Especially if they live alone as my MIL did.