Mom has bedbugs. I haven't heard from the care company yet, but I assume they'll pause services. I havent been active in mom's life since early summer (see prev posts). I do not want to go care for her and bring these things home. They're only in her recliner that I know of. Her bed is a plastic hospital mattress on a metal frame and it's fine. I could throw out the recliner but it was so expensive.
How can I find emergency respite for my mom?
So who IS active. Because this is their problem.
It will be difficult to impossible to find respite for someone bringing in things infested with the eggs of bedbugs, which her things ALL will be from clothing on.
The house needs treatment and this is fumigation and may be needing to be done TWICE. Bedbugs can infest EVERYWHERE and typically between carpets and floorboards. They will be in every crack and crevice. This is a total nightmare.
To me you are either in or out with Mom but back and forth isn't going to work, especially in crisis situations such as this. Report to APS if you like, but my advice is to stay away lest you have the SAME problem. My neighbor rented her home out while she was in Europe through Airbnb and the result was a nightmare of bedbugs.
Don't think you'll take her somewhere to have the home treated, you're guilty of spreading them.
Then you leave it. This will deal with the bedbugs problem but, it takes time. It is more effective then a professional exterminator and pennies comparatively. Not to mention it is completely safe for humans and animals.
Unfortunately, we are living in a world that this problem is here to stay. Learning to treat the problem without expensive, dangerous bug sprays is vital to keep out homes safe.
You need to have an exterminator come into your mother’s place and fumigate it. The exterminator will explain whether you should throw away your mother’s recliner, etc.
Good luck in getting rid of these bedbugs.
You didn't need to throw away the clothing. If you put them in the dryer on high heat for like 30 minutes it should eliminate any possibility of live bugs.
If bedbugs are known to be in one spot in the home, likely they are in other places. I'd bet if you lifted the mattress and looked at the frame of the you're going to find them. They will get into the walls. You can't just treat one spot, you have to treat the entire home. Bedbugs have made a big comeback since WWII.
A good, honest, reliable exterminator who treats for bed bugs MUST be called. Not all exterminators spray or treat for bed bugs. I do say reliable, because it may take more than one treatment to completely eradicate them. Once the home is sprayed with all switch plates and wall plug covers remmoved, it may well need to be heat treated. That's the least expensive way. Tenting is a whole other story and extremely expensive. If tenting is done, make sure they know what they're doing. We had one tent our 2 story home and only treat the downstairs. We had them back 2 more times, then they just plain disappeared.
I've dealt with them so I know now how to get rid of them. All from a friend of our daughters we didn't know had them who stayed with us only 1 night. That's all it takes.
IF she lives in an apartment with adjacent walls, neighbors should be notified. If you're in and out of the home, besure to strip and launder in the hottest water possible to kill them or you're going to have them also.
are companies that deal with that and the entire building often times they will have to tent to fumigate
If it were me I would call a professional exterminator who has proven experience in eliminating bed bugs and ask them what you should do. These professionals typically use very high heat to eliminate an infestation. It's expensive, like hundreds per room in my area, unfortunately but I have heard that the high heat is the only solution. Bed bugs are a major problem in many areas. Even Paris, France is dealing with a citywide infestation.
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