Many thanks for your replies, feels great to be able to chat on here.
We have an adult social worker coming round to meet my Mother-in-law and I’ll be there too tomorrow. I did call her up first to explain the situation as was worried that she’s be told no help is needed and everything is fine! No idea how my Mother-in-law will react, but I feel she’ll get really angry and defensive. We’ve called Home Instead to arrange a weekly carer to help her husband a few times each week, but it’s costly at £25 per hour. I’m in the process of helping complete the attendance allowance, but feel it’ll be worthwhile getting another assessment from the memory clinic first and involve the Mental Health team before submitting it.
Thanks for the practical advice. We’ll definitely call 111 in future. Are they helpful the other end, or is it just good to call to track the issues?
We’ll also try playing along with the stories. I’ll send those ideas to my Father-in-law. He finds it incredibly hard and gets very frustrated.
Thanks again
We have an adult social worker coming round to meet my Mother-in-law and I’ll be there too tomorrow. I did call her up first to explain the situation as was worried that she’s be told no help is needed and everything is fine! No idea how my Mother-in-law will react, but I feel she’ll get really angry and defensive. We’ve called Home Instead to arrange a weekly carer to help her husband a few times each week, but it’s costly at £25 per hour. I’m in the process of helping complete the attendance allowance, but feel it’ll be worthwhile getting another assessment from the memory clinic first and involve the Mental Health team before submitting it.
Thanks for the practical advice. We’ll definitely call 111 in future. Are they helpful the other end, or is it just good to call to track the issues?
We’ll also try playing along with the stories. I’ll send those ideas to my Father-in-law. He finds it incredibly hard and gets very frustrated.
Thanks again