Dear Tabitha,
I too am new to this forum. My mother is turning 94 on Saturday. She has been hiding her dementia for years, but has required more and more assistance over time. She is in a Nursing Care Facility/Rehab program that is connected to her condominium (or flats as you say in England),for 21 days. We were hoping to have her move back to her senior independent living arrangement, by hiring home healthcare providers.
I was told that this is a challenge, because she has too much furniture in her place, and it is not conducive to having wheelchairs, as there is no room. We will have to rearrange her place and put some things into storage. We are in a quandary because I am told this is more complicated than we originally thought. We don’t think about things like, bathing, toilet visits, lifting, feeding, etc. May be too hard for one person to handle.
We are hoping that mom improves a little after the 21 days, so that she can at least become more ambulatory again with a walker. The doctor is uncertain whether she will be able to return to her previous level of functioning. It’s hard to prepare for drastic changes. My 94 year old mother was amazingly independent and able to bath and take care of herself. She only recently had to quick driving.
I wish you luck on your decision to have a home healthcare provider, we are toying with the same idea. We are going to look for someone with a lot of experience with elderly folks, and for someone who is really physically strong.
Hope that helps,
Lisa
Hello
I am new to this forum.
We are looking to have live in care for Mum rather than going into a care home. She is unable to care for herself - case for quite some time now - and in last few weeks the Alzheimers has got consideralby worse.
I am not sure what can and can not be shared with regard to discussing specific comapnies but I would be grateful for any feed back of experiences with live in care.
Many thanks