Hi there,
My father has dementia and my mum is currently looking after him in Tenerife. He has got very difficult to manage and my mum is not coping well. He went out while she was sleeping yesterday in his underpants and was found covered in cuts and bruises, shaking and in shock. We are all very distressed. My mum wanted to stay there, against our wishes but I think now realises that we have a very small window to get him back. What I wanted to ask was, my mum has only a very small pension, just £200 a month. They basically live off dads pension, I think the main reason she stayed there is because she is worried that if Dad goes in a home, the government would take all of Dads pension so she would have no money to live off. They own their only home, which is an apartment in Tenerife, and she also worries that she would have to sell that to pay for Dads care. Does anyone know if this is true or where we can get some advice regarding what care dad would be entitled too, and how the system works?
Thank you in advance,
Kerry.
My father has dementia and my mum is currently looking after him in Tenerife. He has got very difficult to manage and my mum is not coping well. He went out while she was sleeping yesterday in his underpants and was found covered in cuts and bruises, shaking and in shock. We are all very distressed. My mum wanted to stay there, against our wishes but I think now realises that we have a very small window to get him back. What I wanted to ask was, my mum has only a very small pension, just £200 a month. They basically live off dads pension, I think the main reason she stayed there is because she is worried that if Dad goes in a home, the government would take all of Dads pension so she would have no money to live off. They own their only home, which is an apartment in Tenerife, and she also worries that she would have to sell that to pay for Dads care. Does anyone know if this is true or where we can get some advice regarding what care dad would be entitled too, and how the system works?
Thank you in advance,
Kerry.