I am the main carer for my mother who is has severe mixed dementia.
Until recently we had a weekly visit from a lady from Mind which gave my mother a different face to talk to and gave me a short break from active caring duties.
Due to budget cuts at Birmingham council, this free service has now lost it's funding and closed. Although Mum does attend a day centre twice a week we both miss the extra time apart. I have so far been unable to find a similar service to replace the Mind visit in the Sutton Coldfield area and have posted this in the hope that somebody out there may have some ideas for me to follow up.
Cheers
(This is my first post so if I have the etiquete wrong I can only apologise )
Until recently we had a weekly visit from a lady from Mind which gave my mother a different face to talk to and gave me a short break from active caring duties.
Due to budget cuts at Birmingham council, this free service has now lost it's funding and closed. Although Mum does attend a day centre twice a week we both miss the extra time apart. I have so far been unable to find a similar service to replace the Mind visit in the Sutton Coldfield area and have posted this in the hope that somebody out there may have some ideas for me to follow up.
Cheers
(This is my first post so if I have the etiquete wrong I can only apologise )