Hi everyone,
Just giving everyone an update and a quick question. As some of you areware my grandmother was diagnosed with dementia bout 6 months ago. Although she wasn't too bad in the beginning she has gone a bit downhill over the last couple of months, Christmas not great, didn't recognise my cousins or knew who we were going to visit.
My gran did pass a driving test bout 4 months ago, but her decline since has convinced the family that she shouldn't be driving, so shortly after the papers were sent off to renew her licence, the family got in touch with the dvla to explain their concerns. Unfortunatley the licence was renewed for a year, but shortly after my gran recieved letter bout concerns and was asked to fill in a medical form and send it back within 28 days. If they hear nothing, then her licence will be revoked.
At the weekend she was using her credit card, and had forgotten pin 3 times so it has been blocked. Gran has 3 cards i think, 2 debits and one credit card (i think). She uses the credit card but rarely spends more than £100 on it a month, all on small purchases. I was wondering if anyone had had any issues bout getting relatives to use debit cards instead of credit cards? We had to arrange a direct debit with credit card as gran kept forgetting to pay it.
Any tips?
Jodie
Just giving everyone an update and a quick question. As some of you areware my grandmother was diagnosed with dementia bout 6 months ago. Although she wasn't too bad in the beginning she has gone a bit downhill over the last couple of months, Christmas not great, didn't recognise my cousins or knew who we were going to visit.
My gran did pass a driving test bout 4 months ago, but her decline since has convinced the family that she shouldn't be driving, so shortly after the papers were sent off to renew her licence, the family got in touch with the dvla to explain their concerns. Unfortunatley the licence was renewed for a year, but shortly after my gran recieved letter bout concerns and was asked to fill in a medical form and send it back within 28 days. If they hear nothing, then her licence will be revoked.
At the weekend she was using her credit card, and had forgotten pin 3 times so it has been blocked. Gran has 3 cards i think, 2 debits and one credit card (i think). She uses the credit card but rarely spends more than £100 on it a month, all on small purchases. I was wondering if anyone had had any issues bout getting relatives to use debit cards instead of credit cards? We had to arrange a direct debit with credit card as gran kept forgetting to pay it.
Any tips?
Jodie