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DRINK WATER



MAKE SURE YOU DRINK ENOUGH FLUIDS/WATER....IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE ELDERLY TO DRINK WATER...THEY HAVE A DECREASED SENSE OF THIRST AND OTHER FACTORS MAY RESULT IN DECREASED FLUID INTAKE..  IT IS COMMON FOR ELDERLY TO DECREASE FLUID INTAKE IN THE HOURS BEFORE BEDTIME OR WHEN LEAVING THE HOUSE SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GET UP AT NIGHT TO URINATE OR FIND A RESTROOM WHEN OUT SOCIALLY.  PEOPLE TAKING DIURETICS OFTEN RESTRICT FLUID INTAKE SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AS OFTEN.  NO EXCUSE. 

DEHYDRATION CAN CAUSE DEMENTIA LIKE  SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.  RESIDENTS IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES NEED TO BE SURE TO DRINK ENOUGH FLUIDS.  UNLIKE A HOSPITAL OR NURSING HOME WHICH MONITOR THINGS LIKE HYDRATION, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES DO NOT.  

OUR DAD WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR "SEVERE DEHYDRATION" MORE THAN ONCE WHILE LIVING AT MERRILL GARDENS.  EVEN WHEN HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DOCTOR'S ORDERS STATED THAT HIS FLUID INTAKE NEEDED TO BE  WATCH ED, NOTHING WAS DONE.  HIS "DEMENTIA" SYMPTOMS WERE DEHYDRATION...CURABLE.  
















DEHYDRATION, ELDER ABUSE, MERRILL GARDENS, FLUID INTAKE, DEHYDRATION, CARE PLAN, PUBLIC GUARDIAN, CONSERVATORSHIP, GUARDIANSHIP, ASSISTED LIVING

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