We will all receive a census form soon. So will people with dementia living alone (such as my mother). I know that mother is likely to throw it away, tear it up, lose it - anything other than hand it to me to complete for her. She is incapable of completing it for herself.
I phoned the Census Office helpline to find out what to do in these cases - the guy basically said "I had the same problem from somebody yesterday and I don't know what to say, I'll take your details and ask somebody else" . In other words they'd not considered the problem when planning the census - even though there are thousands of people with dementia and other problems living alone who will not be able to cope with the form and may not remember to ask anybody to help them with it.
Barbara
I phoned the Census Office helpline to find out what to do in these cases - the guy basically said "I had the same problem from somebody yesterday and I don't know what to say, I'll take your details and ask somebody else" . In other words they'd not considered the problem when planning the census - even though there are thousands of people with dementia and other problems living alone who will not be able to cope with the form and may not remember to ask anybody to help them with it.
Barbara