Hi folks I look after my mother full time who has dementia and is bed bound in a hospital bed in the lounge.I have a 17 year old son(18 in a few weeks) that used to live with me 50% of the time.He stayed at his mothers all of lockdown but had his lunch in the garden a few times which progressed to him having his meal in his bedroom when it was too hot outside or it was raining this was between once a week or possibly a fortnight,he was in the house for about an hour each time.
His mother asked him a couple of weeks ago if he had been inside my house and he said yes,so she said well you might as well start stopping over the night again,I could see the logic in that and to be honest I was pleased to have him stopping again.
Mum didn't get a shielding letter as she only has dementia but I'm type 2 diabetic,I'm starting to worry about him coming round to stop now as he has a sister at his mums house, that I think is 7 who I assume is back to school so I'm looking at that as a strong route of transmission possibly without symptoms then being passed to my house.
I justified him visiting as I thought,well mum has 4 double handled care visits each day by 8 different carers each week and they will have their own families and shopping trips and boyfriends from other homes that they were visiting,although of course those carers now do wear masks.
So I'm thinking should I tell him that he can't stop?,I might even buy an infrared thermometer. to check him at the front door.I just thought I would ask on here to see what other people think.
His routine is that he stops on a Thursday one week and the next week he stops on The thursday,Friday,Saturday and Sunday and so on.
His mother asked him a couple of weeks ago if he had been inside my house and he said yes,so she said well you might as well start stopping over the night again,I could see the logic in that and to be honest I was pleased to have him stopping again.
Mum didn't get a shielding letter as she only has dementia but I'm type 2 diabetic,I'm starting to worry about him coming round to stop now as he has a sister at his mums house, that I think is 7 who I assume is back to school so I'm looking at that as a strong route of transmission possibly without symptoms then being passed to my house.
I justified him visiting as I thought,well mum has 4 double handled care visits each day by 8 different carers each week and they will have their own families and shopping trips and boyfriends from other homes that they were visiting,although of course those carers now do wear masks.
So I'm thinking should I tell him that he can't stop?,I might even buy an infrared thermometer. to check him at the front door.I just thought I would ask on here to see what other people think.
His routine is that he stops on a Thursday one week and the next week he stops on The thursday,Friday,Saturday and Sunday and so on.
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