Just Letting Off Steam - Literally

[barry1010]

My aged relative lives with us and it works very well.except she feels the cold and has to have the heating racked right up. We only have a small house with one living room so there is no escape.
I am melting and can hardly breathe. I am steaming in my shorts and t shirt.
Coping strategies, please.

[mallyh]

turn it down a bit a give her a shawl or blanket x

[THECORBYLOON]

Can she not wear more layers of clothes?

[barry1010]

She's huddled under a duvet and wearing more layers than an onion. She always feels the cold but of course I'm not always at home

[THECORBYLOON]

Does she wear a wooly hat?

[mallyh]

what about thermal vests and long johns mr mally wears them when he goes to football and keeps nice and warm x

[THECORBYLOON]

Woolly hat even...

[tiggerblue10]

Can you get an electric blanket? Amazon are still delivering.

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[barry1010]

I don't think I've ever seen her without a hat :D I'm just having a moan, I know there is nothing to be done about it.

I won't even mention the tv volume

[Arksided]

Hot water bottle(s).

[Arksided]

...as ear-muffs.

[anneasquith]

Hot drinks on the hour. Decrease the heating by 1 degree each 2 hours . Coul she not get hot from the steam emanating from your body. , it’s difficult times .

[Old_Geezer]

Presumably you both have bedrooms you can escape to.

[MartinMillar]

You can get wonderful little overblankets like a throw but they plug in, I have one and use it on my bed as the other half doesn't like electric blankets - if I get really cold I move it downstairs and use it on the sofa as that is what it is designed for

[barry1010]

I'll try the electric throw, although I'm not sure she's safe round electricity as she has leaking parts. She's damp enough without my steam, anne.

I could also try burying up to her neck in hay, that's supposed to keep heat in. Might absorb the leakages, too

[anneasquith]

Hay ? What a great idea :-). Have you tried space blankets ?

[MartinMillar]

put a thinner blanket on her first then the electric throw as that way its not directly on her - do you have incontinence pads for her?

[mallyh]

could she have a tv in her bedroom x

[calmck]

Tena or Always pants should help. Always look more like regular pants.

[pastafreak]

I use a heating pad against my back when I don't want or need the heating on. Even on the lowest setting, it does wonders.

[Jordyboy9]

Grin and bare it Barry,
She like many of us
Oldies, will not be here forever