So Dad thinks that his diaphagm is failing and that he needs oxygen therapy. The number of things that I can't convince him of is reaching the thousands. A: that heating the house to 75 degrees is a bad idea; B: moreso if you're not going to run a humidifier; C: that he had a heart attack, kidney failure and congestive heart failure a couple years ago when he was in the hospital for the subdural hematoma; D: that congestive heart failure is pretty serious business and takes a while to recover from, particularly if you're going to set yourself back by doing A and B; E: that it took him months of therapy to recover last time (see C). That'll do for a start.
My friend the social worker (who has many elderly clients) says that after congestive heart failure the patient needs at the least a home health care nurse and physical therapy. We had him set up for rehab and PT at a nursing home, but then he decided to go home. Why nobody followed up on his aftercare is beyond me. I'll try to find out. But it's all very frustrating.
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