Take it one step at a time @PRGirl. Don't talk about going into a home, but that mum is going on a little break as work needs to be done on her home. That is true, if the wiring in dangerous it needs to be done. I don't know about the home you've chosen for your mum but my mum was originally going in for a couple of weeks respite because of my brother being in hospital and me going on holiday. Then we decided to actually move her in as a permanent resident, as I could cancel with one month's notice, and I really knew she wouldn't have been safe to have returned home anyway. So if it doesn't work out you will have options.
You are not getting rid of her, and if any of her friends or other relations tell you that pull them up. You will still be caring for her, visiting her, sorting things out, but in an environment that is safer for her and that gives you peace of mind. When I moved mum in I was in a right state about it all, but the care home staff were very supportive of me as well as my mother, and now it feels a bit like another home, I was handing out cups of tea and doing the washing up while mum was dancing with a singer they'd got in for them all yesterday.
It's a different life for your mum, but not a worse one, and in many ways it could turn out to be a much better one, even if your mum claims it isn't.
You are not getting rid of her, and if any of her friends or other relations tell you that pull them up. You will still be caring for her, visiting her, sorting things out, but in an environment that is safer for her and that gives you peace of mind. When I moved mum in I was in a right state about it all, but the care home staff were very supportive of me as well as my mother, and now it feels a bit like another home, I was handing out cups of tea and doing the washing up while mum was dancing with a singer they'd got in for them all yesterday.
It's a different life for your mum, but not a worse one, and in many ways it could turn out to be a much better one, even if your mum claims it isn't.