I am sorry to take up your time again......
My OH is in respite care at a local care home whilst his son and I try to get social services to agree to his permanent funded placement there...
OH is meant to be in the care home for another 10 days, and I have funds to pay for another week after that if needed.
Yesterday, I heard that the landlord of our rented home has put it on the market, and that we will be given notice to quit.
The Govt website says that tenants in such a position now have to be given 6 months notice ( Covid regs) instead of the usual 2 months - so a breathing space.
I feel that we will not be able to get another private tenancy easily, as my OH no longer has capacity, and his income will be going towards funding the proposed care home place. My income is not enough to get a tenancy.
Right, so I need help in getting my thoughts into order after a fairly sleepless night.
Here is what I think I should do - but, please, dear friends, tell me if I am getting this wrong
1) Ring the agent dealing with the tenancy, to ascertain whether the landlord wants to sell this house tenanted or untenanted - and exactly when we will get notice.
2) Ring the Care Home and see if they can keep OH for another week whilst I try to get the situation into some sort of order.
3)Pursue Social Services to see where they are with their assessments for placement and funding of OH, and try to hurry them up.
a) If Social Services will NOT agree that OH needs to be in a Care Home - I then need to go to County Council to ask for emergency housing for us both.
b) If Social Services DO agree that OH can stay in the Care Home - I need to ask for emergency housing for myself only.
Of course, I do not want to move, I have brought my children up in this small village, and have friends here, and am happy here. It seems to me, that the best outcome is that I end up having to move ( and all that entails) somewhere new, alone, and have to adjust to that.
The worst outcome is that I have to move somewhere with my OH who will understand none of this, still try to be his carer, and be somewhere new, and unsupported.
I don't think I have the energy for all this.
My OH is in respite care at a local care home whilst his son and I try to get social services to agree to his permanent funded placement there...
OH is meant to be in the care home for another 10 days, and I have funds to pay for another week after that if needed.
Yesterday, I heard that the landlord of our rented home has put it on the market, and that we will be given notice to quit.
The Govt website says that tenants in such a position now have to be given 6 months notice ( Covid regs) instead of the usual 2 months - so a breathing space.
I feel that we will not be able to get another private tenancy easily, as my OH no longer has capacity, and his income will be going towards funding the proposed care home place. My income is not enough to get a tenancy.
Right, so I need help in getting my thoughts into order after a fairly sleepless night.
Here is what I think I should do - but, please, dear friends, tell me if I am getting this wrong
1) Ring the agent dealing with the tenancy, to ascertain whether the landlord wants to sell this house tenanted or untenanted - and exactly when we will get notice.
2) Ring the Care Home and see if they can keep OH for another week whilst I try to get the situation into some sort of order.
3)Pursue Social Services to see where they are with their assessments for placement and funding of OH, and try to hurry them up.
a) If Social Services will NOT agree that OH needs to be in a Care Home - I then need to go to County Council to ask for emergency housing for us both.
b) If Social Services DO agree that OH can stay in the Care Home - I need to ask for emergency housing for myself only.
Of course, I do not want to move, I have brought my children up in this small village, and have friends here, and am happy here. It seems to me, that the best outcome is that I end up having to move ( and all that entails) somewhere new, alone, and have to adjust to that.
The worst outcome is that I have to move somewhere with my OH who will understand none of this, still try to be his carer, and be somewhere new, and unsupported.
I don't think I have the energy for all this.