Good luck, Mary, I do hope it works out. Do not give up hope. I had resigned myself to not finding any respite from 24/7.
I have been ill for a week but yesterday my pending file became overflowing so with some medication as a support I tackled it.
I have chased up Social Services for the needs assessment, I am not sure what advantage it is but it is just a warning shot that without public transport and no county services for day care I am wearing thin. (Not my body, weight has gone up!
!) I know we would have to self fund but how long resources would last is a different matter. They know that too!
I then contacted a day club not dependent on county funding as I had no reply to my application. I thought the query they had made meant they could not cope. However the email had got stuck in the drafts box.
We have been offered a taster day in two weeks from now, they now have an extra driver.
I felt stunned after months of trying and finding obstacles all the way. All being well it could mean five hours a week, I will not be able to go far but five hours of switch off!!! So do keep trying.
People blandly say get day care, sitters, cleaners and mythical personal assistants, but it really does not work that easily.
So I do hope something slots into place for you. Xxx
I am hoping I have not lost the ability of going somewhere alone, I just never leave him.