Really good point about about providing an alternative method of entry to the property if possible.
Often the person you are trying to help may be laid across the designated access door.
I recall visiting Mother once after moving her nearby. As soon as I entered I heard her shouting my name and was clearly in distress. As I tried to open the door to the living room she shouted in pain. I pushed again and her choice of language was somewhat fruity. The more I pushed the more she swore.
The resistance seemed to be at the handle side so I pushed against the hinges and dislodged them and removed the door.
I wasn't ready for what I found. She used a trolley type thing for a walking aid, not that it was, and as she approached the door something went array and she ended up bent double over the trolley with the back of her head up against the door. It was a good job I'd made a random visit she could have been there for hours.
In hindsight if I'd looked through the window i would have seen her predicament but in any event the patio door key was not in the outside key safe.
There is one thing for certain with ageing also come the loss of dignity.
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