K,<br><br>My advice is to start as if you had no special circumstances. Make plans to do all things that should be done. These can, and perhaps should, be thought of in terms of general catergories: Eat, sleep, drink, stay warm, stay dry, bug-out, etc...<br><br>After having done that, then make appropriate alterations to the plan to suit your special situation. As an example, my granfather died 18 months ago. Prior to his death he was bedridden. My grandmother, having been through one house fire already, was deathly scared about being able to be able to get my grandfather out of the house by herself in case of a fire or similar emergency. We had the house inspected by the local fire marshal, who found a few things which were potential hazards. Those were eliminated. We installed smoke detectors in every room of the house and wired them together. We got a wheel mounted hospital bed for him and made sure that my grandmother could push it around herself. She could, but in the process, we found that some furniture had to be moved. It got moved. Ramps were constructed to get the bed onto the porch, and then off of the porch. We attached a cell phone pouch to the bed so that she could call for help, and a bag with a robe and slippers for her, and a blanket for him. We made arrangements with her neighbors to take them in temporarily in such an event, and stored a small supply of neccessary items with them. We may have missed some things, but that should given you the gist of the idea. <br><br>Also, this may be old hat to you, but my family learned a lot from the home care nurse. Prior to her coming out to help, it took two or three adult men (my grandfather was a large man) to move him around to change his clothes, clean him, change the bedding, etc...grunting, sweating, cursing under your breath effort. The little home care nurse did all of this, by her self, in half the time, with greater comfort and dignity for my granfather, and less than half the effort. Good technique makes a world of difference. Check with professionals about this sort of thing. Nurses, ambulance personnel, nursing home workers, etc....a few hours of instruction can make a tremendous difference.<br><br>Take care,<br><br>Andy