The social worker came yesterday and needed absolutely no persuading to agree to my husband having respite care of ten weeks a year. I have heard that the respite home I declined two years ago is now under new management and much improved. The management have set up a carers' forum so that carers have a regular opportunity to discuss things with the staff and I thought that sounded very positive. The social worker has asked me to let him have a list of dates and, today, my husband is quite amenable to the idea. Tomorrow it may be a different story of course! However, I am determined to take this a step at a time.
That's the good news. The bad news is that, a couple of hours ago, I discovered water pouring through the living-room ceiling. When I investigated, I found that my husband has turned the basin taps in the bathroom full on and the basin had overflowed. We only had a new living-room carpet laid six months ago! I'm hoping it will dry out in time. At least it has now stopped dripping.
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That's the good news. The bad news is that, a couple of hours ago, I discovered water pouring through the living-room ceiling. When I investigated, I found that my husband has turned the basin taps in the bathroom full on and the basin had overflowed. We only had a new living-room carpet laid six months ago! I'm hoping it will dry out in time. At least it has now stopped dripping.
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