Hi, its 6 months today (8th Oct) that we lost our mum. Mum had Alzheimers for 6 years, she was diagnosed in 2014 when she was just 60. Mum went into respite on 7th March this year, we spoke with her Social Worker who suggested respite for mum. As a family we were in two minds about doing it, but we had to cos dad (my stepdad, yet my sisters dad with mum) he was finding it hard to coping with mum at home. The carer situation wasn't really going anywhere to be honest, so we suggested one week in the care home for respite, but mum's Social Worker suggested a fortnight. Mum went in the home on 7th March then we went into lockdown, and so we weren't able to visit mum but beforehand I would go see mum for the majority of the til late at night, admittedly not everyday, but what I know now I would of stayed the night or better still wouldn't of placed her the home at all. But at that moment in time nobody knew what was around the corner, nobody knew that COVID was going to cause many illnesses or deaths. So one minute mum was in the home then the next mum was taken into hospital on the Tuesday 7th April, then passed away the following day Wednesday 8th April. Obviously we weren't allowed to go the hospital either, only my sister could 'cos she doesn't have any health issues like myself and my stepdad is 70. Apparently the care home said that mum didn't have any symptoms with regard to COVID, so it was a shock when she passed away.
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