I have seen people mention befrienders on here and in gps waiting room saw a display about dementia friends.
How do I find out if my mum could have one?
I've looked online and all I can find about dementia friends is pages about becoming one.
I wondered if this might be something mum would accept, it's possibly not as shes adamant she doesn't need any help, she says her problems are down to being old (72) and lonely. But I did wonder if someone coming just to chat might be something she'd accept eventually.
It would be someone else to talk to and give me an hour or something off.
Apart from 4 week respite which shes against shes not been offered anything else from SS and she told SW she doesnt want or need any help.
My sister did look at private care company who offer companionship visits but mum didn't want to pay and said she couldn't afford it. She's on pension credit and doesnt have much savings, though she probably could afford to pay for odd visit a week out of her pension as she doesnt spend it all, but its her money and I can't and wouldn't want to make her spend 20 odd pound for me to have an hour off and I cant really be paying that regularly either.
So I wondered about a befriender or dementia friend but don't know how to find them, cant find out on my quick online searches, before I mention it to mum and try persuade her to try it.
Can anyone advise how they found theirs please? X
How do I find out if my mum could have one?
I've looked online and all I can find about dementia friends is pages about becoming one.
I wondered if this might be something mum would accept, it's possibly not as shes adamant she doesn't need any help, she says her problems are down to being old (72) and lonely. But I did wonder if someone coming just to chat might be something she'd accept eventually.
It would be someone else to talk to and give me an hour or something off.
Apart from 4 week respite which shes against shes not been offered anything else from SS and she told SW she doesnt want or need any help.
My sister did look at private care company who offer companionship visits but mum didn't want to pay and said she couldn't afford it. She's on pension credit and doesnt have much savings, though she probably could afford to pay for odd visit a week out of her pension as she doesnt spend it all, but its her money and I can't and wouldn't want to make her spend 20 odd pound for me to have an hour off and I cant really be paying that regularly either.
So I wondered about a befriender or dementia friend but don't know how to find them, cant find out on my quick online searches, before I mention it to mum and try persuade her to try it.
Can anyone advise how they found theirs please? X