Elderly safety inspectors do not allow pee pads in the house?
I have an older neighbor who recently had a housing check after her last fall and hip replacement surgery that was completely unrelated to her small dogs. She had fallen in the bathroom. She lives with her adult son and adult grandson who look after her and care for her.
The inspector who came in to evaluate the conditions of her home to make sure it was safe for her to return said that they're not allowed to have the pee pads in the house at all, and that the dogs had to be taken outside or allowed outside every single time, even in winter. The only other issues in the home were they wanted them to install additional are in the bathroom, since they only had 2 and they had to expand a doorway to make it more handicapped accessible.
This was the first I have heard about restrictions on things like pee pads for elderly inspections and am wondering if anyone else has encountered. 589
This? She is unable to take the dogs out herself so now her son and grandson have to do it, but are worried about being able to do so every single time and that the dogs are just peeing on the floor when they remove the pee pads and are not signaling if they want to go out at all because they're used to the pee pads. The dogs are elderly too and are not very willing to change their ways either so what options do they even have now when the inspector already told them they had to remove the pee pads from indoors entirely. Doggy doors are not really an option because of the other wildlife in the area. Ideas on what they can do? TIA 661