Today was our first experience of looking for a suitable place for my dad. It certainly opened my eyes to things.
First of all it was a nightmare to find being out of the way through narrow roads in the south wales valleys. It took us over a hour to get there & although the staff were very nice & the manager was very good it was not a positive experience.
The other residents were either asleep in their own rooms or sat in main tv lounge just staring blankly. IMO my dad is nowhere near that stage & would absolutely hate it. There were 2 rooms available, the first was extremely small, it looked like a prison cell with the only view being a large tree. The second room was even worse, it was larger but very dark even with the light on and through both windows all you could see was a very old high brick wall
I came home & cried.
First of all it was a nightmare to find being out of the way through narrow roads in the south wales valleys. It took us over a hour to get there & although the staff were very nice & the manager was very good it was not a positive experience.
The other residents were either asleep in their own rooms or sat in main tv lounge just staring blankly. IMO my dad is nowhere near that stage & would absolutely hate it. There were 2 rooms available, the first was extremely small, it looked like a prison cell with the only view being a large tree. The second room was even worse, it was larger but very dark even with the light on and through both windows all you could see was a very old high brick wall
I came home & cried.