priceless new babies solve a lot of things. pauline looks very happyA wonderful day yesterday being visited by Paulines youngest grandson, his partner and their lovely new daughter, Tallulagh.
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thats a difficult decision. its privately rented isnt it? if it was council, you might have got adaptions. we have lived in our house 26 years and it will be a wrench when we need to move.Given until recently I have been relatively fit and confident in looking after Pauline for ages to come, yet my recent illnesses having left me exhausted and weak and so I have reevaluated. We live in a 3 bed semi detached house with all ameneties upstairs and, as rented, no conversions or alterations are allowed which clearly means a big decision to be made. To move or not to move after 26 happy year here?
hopefully you have a nice flat that will make it easier for youYes, @jennifer1967 we rent from my daughter but the flats we have applied for are sheltered through the agency that covers all the old council stock. To be honest the house design would limit what could be done and still wouldnt suit I think.
@Knitandpurl neither of us want to move but, given my recent bout of ill health I know that I will not be able to provide all the help she will need and, as we live in a semi detached house with few adaptations available physical limitations require it or we will end up in a home of some sort Far earlier than needed. I really wish there was an alternative but even our children see no safe alternative. Havng said that the waiting list will be long and it may be many months before we get an offer. Thank you for your comment and good wishes, AgzyI would not recommend moving, Pauline’s independence will be immediately massively impacted. The longer you can stay where she is familiar the longer it will be before she can’t go out on her own and gets lost in her own home. If the house isn’t the way you like it, it doesn’t matter. My house has never been cleaned as little, or poorly, as now, and is also starting to look shabby and a bit of a mess, but it’s not really important. I think you’re both doing great. Sending lots of good wishes.
Thank you, I keep trying to see positives even where I have doubts and just ‘do what is best.’Although I agree that a move might confuse Pauline, I don't see you have any choice given so unsuitable your current place is. I hope somewhere does turn up in the not too distant future, and that it is still near places familiar to Pauline.