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Thank you all for the responses! I'm responding on my phone, so Im hoping I'm responding correctly. Mom is asking to be turned or readjusted somehow. She also has a lot of joint pain day and night in hips and knees. This was somewhat improved on with the sleep number bed. No pain meds really...

Technically I'm writing this on my father's behalf. He is caregiver to my mother who was diagnosed with ALS. Mom makes lots of moaning and groaning sounds at night. Dad is a light sleeper (always has been) and this wakes him up. Mom is unable to turn over or adjust herself, so she makes...

Thank you all! I will pass on the information!

My mom has ALS and is having issues with tongue pain and dryness. During the day she salivates (unable to constantly control jaw) and uses handkerchiefs to absorb the liquid. She uses lidocaine during the day for the tongue pain. At night my dad preps dampened, folded squares of paper towels...