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Signals That Someone Needs Help

• Assistance is needed with at least one of the following activities: bathing, dressing, walking, toileting, or eating.
   
• A chronic medical condition requires ongoing monitoring or therapy.
   
• A recent stroke or illness has caused a need for rehabilitation.
   
• You worry that a fall is likely without constant supervision.
   
• Driving skills are unsafe, or driving has been suspended altogether due to poor vision, paralysis, poor judgment or memory problems.
   
• Professional or informal home care must be scheduled for times a caregiver will be away from home.
   
• Personal grooming has deteriorated or is inconsistent.
   
• Frightening kitchen accidents have occurred in the past few months.
   
• Meals are forgotten or skipped, or assistance is needed with meal preparation.
   
• Medications are being taken improperly (missed or incorrect doses).
   
• Common phone numbers are forgotten, or assistance is needed in making appointments by phone.
   
• Memory lapses are frequent; previous conversations are not remembered.
   
• Activities and social interaction are avoided, or quickly lead to fatigue.
   
• Bills are often unpaid or lost entirely.

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