I feel rather sheepish just dropping in with a query like this ..but I do keep abreast of things here, and do think about everyone, caring day in and day out.
Mum is declining slowly, but needs more and more support. We have been advised that we should be thinking of regisitering her EPA at this stage, so have been reading the theads concerning that with interest! And confusion! Still don't know when the right time is to do this, but Mum takes no part in her finances anymore, leaving it all to us.
We have decided to take a short holiday early next year, and it is all arranged. For peace of mind,we want to arrange for Mum to go into some sort of care, and having spoken to the SW and others about this, it is simply a matter of finding a place that we can pre-book, somewhere with a supportive atmosphere and plenty of activities going on. I thought it all sounded straightforward -just a matter of choosing which home.
Several places were mentioned. Only one was pre-bookable, the others didn't offer respite. Went to visit the one ...oh dear. Then I approached 2 places who have large healthcare companies running them ..they sounded so good, and even on paper, I thought that either would be ideal. But no, one doesn't do respite, the other doesn't take people from our County (it is situated in our County!), and ALL have said that it is going to be very difficult to find such a place for my Mum! I can't believe that it was all made to sound so good, when there is actually no such place out there!
I was wondering what others experience of finding such care is? In the meantime, looks like Mum will be staying at home. I do ask myself if a holiday is worth it.
Thanks for reading. lulu
Mum is declining slowly, but needs more and more support. We have been advised that we should be thinking of regisitering her EPA at this stage, so have been reading the theads concerning that with interest! And confusion! Still don't know when the right time is to do this, but Mum takes no part in her finances anymore, leaving it all to us.
We have decided to take a short holiday early next year, and it is all arranged. For peace of mind,we want to arrange for Mum to go into some sort of care, and having spoken to the SW and others about this, it is simply a matter of finding a place that we can pre-book, somewhere with a supportive atmosphere and plenty of activities going on. I thought it all sounded straightforward -just a matter of choosing which home.
Several places were mentioned. Only one was pre-bookable, the others didn't offer respite. Went to visit the one ...oh dear. Then I approached 2 places who have large healthcare companies running them ..they sounded so good, and even on paper, I thought that either would be ideal. But no, one doesn't do respite, the other doesn't take people from our County (it is situated in our County!), and ALL have said that it is going to be very difficult to find such a place for my Mum! I can't believe that it was all made to sound so good, when there is actually no such place out there!
I was wondering what others experience of finding such care is? In the meantime, looks like Mum will be staying at home. I do ask myself if a holiday is worth it.
Thanks for reading. lulu
