Dear all - sorry a multi part question.
My mother in law has Demetia and needs full time care. until recently her husband has provided this but last week had a major heart attack. The prognosis keeps changing from terminal to may be let home soon ! He is considerably younger than her and as such we had always assumed that he wasn't the issue and as such have not been careful to plan for him not being able to be the carer - short term or long term.
In the event of his hopeful release from hospital we are being advised that they wont release him until we have made provision for her care at home - i.e they will organise care for him but not for her- we are getting mixed advice on how to approach this with the local authority - can any one point to the correct way -what can we expect - in a rational world we would assume that the same people would cover the care of both.
In the event he doesn't get released soon but the prognosis is positive what are the short term permanent care options we need to look for - again is this a local authority issue or do we go to a private solution.
many thanks in advance
My mother in law has Demetia and needs full time care. until recently her husband has provided this but last week had a major heart attack. The prognosis keeps changing from terminal to may be let home soon ! He is considerably younger than her and as such we had always assumed that he wasn't the issue and as such have not been careful to plan for him not being able to be the carer - short term or long term.
In the event of his hopeful release from hospital we are being advised that they wont release him until we have made provision for her care at home - i.e they will organise care for him but not for her- we are getting mixed advice on how to approach this with the local authority - can any one point to the correct way -what can we expect - in a rational world we would assume that the same people would cover the care of both.
In the event he doesn't get released soon but the prognosis is positive what are the short term permanent care options we need to look for - again is this a local authority issue or do we go to a private solution.
many thanks in advance