Social services dragged feet until the District nurse visited and was horrified. All sorted by the end of the day. Shame it took the nurse to see the seriousness of the situation

Need some advise please for a friend. She is the main carer for her husband who has dementia. She has had a fall and broken an arm. Discharged same day from hospital straight back home and expected to resume her carers role. GP doesn’t seem bothered, social services “ will get back to you” WHAT on e...

Hi - We had a similar issue in the first lockdown but our new carer wasn’t so discreet. She would openly blab about the birthday party she was having and the various people in her so called social bubble. I rang the care company and calmly explained that whilst I couldn’t dictate what people got up ...

Hi - Asking on behalf of another lady who lives in Central Bedfordshire. She is a self funder who has carers visit. She is billed by the council who in turn bill the care company. My question is she has been advised that the council are now going to start charging her an admin fee for processing the...

We had this with my Nan. It was Sherry though.....we spoke to the local shop who was very understanding when we asked them to stop selling it. They started telling her it was out of stock. The only problem may be that it sends your mum further to look for it..... The shop said that they had the same...

I’m not a massive expert on this but you can go to any pharmacy who will make the boxes up. We used one in town rather then our local chemist. The only issue would be if the out of town won’t deliver so if your able to collect the boxes ? My mums medication changed so much as they tweaked her dosage...

I was made redundant on the same day the government announced the furloughed scheme. The frustrating bit is that “apparently” there is nobody at head office that we can now ask if we can be re-instated and no sign of them sending out the P45’s which would allow me to claim carers allowance. This isn...

Anyone know the in’s and outs of CHC Funding ? Basically my mother qualifies for medical funding to cover the cost of carers in the afternoons so I could go out and work. My company has now made me redundant due to downturn in sales owing to Virus so if I apply for carers allowance will she loose th...

Hi All My mums blind and had Parkinson’s dementia. She has gradually stopped eating hot meals that are prepared for her. I’m not that bad a cook honest but I have tried everything. I must just add she only has a few teeth at the bottom of her mouth I tried a Sunday roast and popped the meat into a f...

I decided to put mums hospital bed in the dinning room. That way we kept the living room as a room that people could still come and visit and not feel like they where in a bedroom. The dining room table went into storage and we sold the chairs as we thought we could get new when circumstances change...