Elderly parents or relatives to care for and/or worry about? This is the place for you.

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Garfield 9 Aug 8:54am, 9 Aug 2024 18,037 posts	0 Garfield My condolences Big G - it's hard supporting parents when they get to this stage in their lives. It's good you could have some conversations before the morphine took over. Take care.x
Ally-C 9 Aug 9:10am, 9 Aug 2024 6,101 posts	0 Ally-C Sorry for your loss Big G.
jda 9 Aug 9:15am, 9 Aug 2024 17,613 posts	0 jda Sorry for your loss Big G. I think we all do our best in our own ways according to our situations. I hope you can be comfortable in the knowledge that you did a lot for him through his decline.
Lip Gloss 9 Aug 10:36am, 9 Aug 2024 76,975 posts	0 Lip Gloss Sorry to hear of your loss Big_G. It is always hard to watch the decline in a person. Our dad was also a very intelligent man who could turn his hand to anything. Bought a shell of a house 50 years ago and basically built the inside himself. Clearing out this past week has shown ushe kept everything ( always thinking he would have a use for it. ) We are now just about to close the door of the house for the last time (after another run to the recycling centre lol )
icemaiden 9 Aug 10:38am, 9 Aug 2024 5,782 posts	0 icemaiden I still lurk here, as I have In-Laws, but no real responsibility for them as OH does more than his bit. However, I did wonder when we get to start the thread for 'Old people with interfering relatives' for our own situations.
Ness 9 Aug 1:05pm, 9 Aug 2024 43,778 posts	0 Ness Condolences, big G.
Little Miss Happy 9 Aug 1:10pm, 9 Aug 2024 7,313 posts	0 Little Miss Happy That must feel quite difficult LG.
CK2 9 Aug 1:59pm, 9 Aug 2024 2,765 posts	0 CK2 I’m at my mum’s at the moment. I dread the thought of decluttering the clutter! But I’m dreadful too. Thoughts are with you LG.
Hibeedeb 9 Aug 4:55pm, 9 Aug 2024 2,669 posts	0 Hibeedeb Condolences Big G.
Garfield 9 Aug 4:56pm, 9 Aug 2024 18,038 posts	0 Garfield I feel your pain CK2 as hubby and I will be doing that to MIL's house next month.

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I thought I'd start a thread, as lots of us have elderly folks that we worry about/care for.

Useful info for after someone dies here (with thanks to grast_girl)
moneysavingexpert.com

Other useful links

myageingparent.com

moneysavingexpert.com

Who pays for residential care? Information here:

ageuk.org.uk

Advice on care homes and payment/funding

theguardian.com

Also: After someone dies, if their home insurance was only in their name, sadly the cover becomes void. But if the policy was in joint names, it will still cover the surviving policyholder (though the names on the policy will need to be updated).

A useful book of exercises for memory loss and dementia
amazon.co.uk

Pension Credit. The rules are a bit complex but if your elderly relative has some sort of disability (in this case dementia/Alzheimer's) and go into a home, they may be able to claim pension credit. So if carers allowance stops, it seems pension credit can start. It can also be backdated.

Fall alarm company, etc.

careium.co.uk

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