Hi all. I care for my 88 year old Mum, who is pretty much housebound anyway unless I take her out. This situation is such a worry - Mum lives four miles away and I do all the caring for her on a daily basis - food, medication, cleaning, appointments etc. I am terrified that I won't be able to get to her because either I have the virus or everyone is quarantined. To make matters worse, my husband, who helps me out sometimes with Mum is 73 and in a high risk group because of his own medical problems. I'm already run ragged between two houses and if he has to be isolated there'll only be me. At the moment I'm fit and well, but I'm 66 and if they decide to change the age-bracket for quarantine to over 65, I'm doomed! I've been trying to get Social Services involved for five weeks now because of Mum's ongoing needs, and all they can say is that they haven't allocated a social worker yet. I know they're busy but that just isn't good enough, and the impact of the virus is only going to make things worse. No-one seems to know what is going to happen with people like us carers, I don't think they even understand the issues. If I didn't look after Mum she wouldn't eat, she'd take all her medication wrong, her depression would get worse if she had no contact with me, the list goes on . . . Just who is going to pick this up and help us all?