hi everyone just need a bit of advice. i care for my mum and her sister who are both bed ridden and on oxygen,my husband and i have a holiday booked june (first time away without are children)but dont know what help is avaliable. mum has late stages of copd she has care that come for half hour in morning and half hour in evening but i do her meals drinks medication and just making sure she is ok and checking on her during the day and i am always avaliable for her .have spoke to care trust about my holiday but are not very helpful just said i have to arrange meals on wheels which we we have to pay for ourselves and if budget avaliable they could do a spot check on her, i am an only child so have no one else that can help. am now so worried cause meals on wheels can not check she is ok make her drinks and that medication is checked as with copd everyday is different .I would be grateful of any advice as i need to know all willl be ok whilst i am away x
Hi Lorraine,
Just last night I was looking at various options in case I managed to get a break and one of the things I was discussing with a friend was going somewhere and taking mum with me where she would stay in a nursing home near to where I was holidaying so that I could visit her and take her out for days.
I found there are places that allow for this.
http://www.holidayswithhelp.org.uk/
http://www.richmondretreats.co.uk/
The last one might be expensive by the look of them but it shows what might be possible. I had always thought that I'd have to leave mum behind if I went away but I hadn't considered the possibility of her going too and being looked after.
Edited to add this...
http://www.holidaysforall.org/
Scruffy x