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

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Little Miss Happy 23 Aug 6:04am, 23 Aug 2024 7,357 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Thinking of you McG. Hope she's ok jda. Does she need to think about using a rollator or similar instead of the stick now?
Mandymoo 23 Aug 7:43am, 23 Aug 2024 19,632 posts	0 Mandymoo Hope all goes well today McG JDA glad she is ok
Garfield 23 Aug 9:19am, 23 Aug 2024 18,070 posts	0 Garfield Good luck McG. Glad she's okay jda.
jda 23 Aug 11:00am, 23 Aug 2024 17,675 posts	0 jda Seems like it may be eyesight related. Years back she had one eye done for cataracts but the other is now poor and she's not got good depth perception. Eg missed a jam jar with a spoon just now. Was stepping off a kerb when it happened, not that she knows the exact details.
Garfield 23 Aug 6:54pm, 23 Aug 2024 18,071 posts	0 Garfield MIL moved into the home this morning. We're due to have a video chat with her tomorrow so will be interesting to hear how she's getting on. We're over there on 12 September, so it will be good to see her when we get there. She hasn't had much time to process things - find out on Tues, sign on Wed, move in on Friday of the same week.
Little Miss Happy 24 Aug 6:19am, 24 Aug 2024 7,358 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Good timing for your visit Garfield. I hope she settles in well.
jda 24 Aug 1:33pm, 24 Aug 2024 17,684 posts	0 jda Bandage off and it’s not the dainty little row of plastic surgery quality stitches I’d imagined. About 6 inches of Frankenstein-sized handiwork right across her forehead! And a pair of panda eyes to go with it. More troubling for daily life is she hurt her foot too, not terribly but enough to make walking hard. Must have twisted something in the stumble.
Little Miss Happy 24 Aug 1:37pm, 24 Aug 2024 7,359 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Poor thing. Takes a lot longer to recover as you get older not to mention the lack of confidence that comes with that kind of accident. I hope she recovers well.
Lizzie W 24 Aug 2:48pm, 24 Aug 2024 28,697 posts	0 Lizzie W After the productive chat before I went on hols, the APs have done nothing. So I shall I have to babysit them through decluttering as well as trying to work out if they'll cope moving somewhere smaller. And I will not offer to move in & look after them, I would go potty.
LindsD 24 Aug 2:51pm, 24 Aug 2024 69,456 posts	0 LindsD Stay strong Lizzie

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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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