/r/eldercare/

r/eldercare

17k members
r/eldercare is a subreddit with 17k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses elderly, walker, home care, caregiver, and easy chair, and they frequently recommend/review security camera, wine, and cell phone.
A support community for people to ask questions and share stories about eldercare. Any legal or medical advice is anecdotal and unverified.

Popular Themes in r/eldercare

#1
Advice Requests
: "Aunt Needs Help ASAP"
18 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Does medical alert cost go up when companies keeps buying each other"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Struggling with My Feelings Towards Siblings while being Parent’s Primary Care Contact"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Nighttime seems to be the weak spot in a lot of aging-at-home setups"
2 posts
#5
News
: "Medline Announces Voluntary Removal of All Medline Brand Beds and Related Products"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/eldercare

#1

Elderly

9 posts
#2

Walker

1 post
#3

Home Care

1 post
#4

Caregiver

1 post
#5

Easy Chair

1 post
#6

Stress

1 post

Products Discussed in r/eldercare

#1
Blink Cameras
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Wyze Pan Cam
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Kasa Camera
4.0★ from 1 review

Wine

4 reviews
#1
Non-alcoholic wines
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Gruvi
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Welsh’s
4.0★ from 1 review

Cell Phone

3 reviews
#1
Consumer Cellular
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Apple
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Google
5.0★ from 1 review

Member Growth in r/eldercare

Yearly
+7k members(62.1%)

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Last updated: November 2, 2026