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Mar 2020
4:42pm, 6 Mar 2020
29,422 posts
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LazyDaisy
A friend told me yesterday that her dad's care home had already written to families warning that they may embargo visits to the oldies. At mum's home today I was asked to use the sanitising gel (I had actually used my own before entering the building but I didn't mind doing it again, it would have been churlish to argue) and they have the DoH posters up but no mention of banning visits yet.
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Mar 2020
9:18pm, 6 Mar 2020
21,292 posts
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Red Squirrel
I've been thinking about my dad and other single biddies who might end up isolated if family members have been exposed or contract the virus. My dad has shingles and is making a v slow recovery, so his immune system will be compromised. It'll be phone calls only I guess for some of us on here with our family members.
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Mar 2020
9:23pm, 6 Mar 2020
16,001 posts
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Bazoaxe
MiL has carers in four times daily. Said carers are presumably seeing other people as well. It’s almost inevitable that viruses will circulate. Without carers she is likely to be hospitalised for other reasons.
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Mar 2020
8:05am, 7 Mar 2020
5,897 posts
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TeeBee
My dad is going for his hip replacement op next week. I'm taking him in, I feel quite concerned about it.
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Mar 2020
9:01am, 7 Mar 2020
2,023 posts
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Little Miss Happy
He's probably better off in hospital TeeBee.
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Mar 2020
10:34am, 7 Mar 2020
5,901 posts
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TeeBee
I'm more worried about me picking it up on the outside and passing it in to him, tbh
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Mar 2020
12:05pm, 7 Mar 2020
2,024 posts
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Little Miss Happy
You'll know if you feel ill and you won't risk a visit if you do. Just have the conversation with him before he goes in so he's not worried if you don't feel ok to visit.
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Mar 2020
8:39am, 11 Mar 2020
16,021 posts
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Bazoaxe
Unfortunately we now appear to have a family split between my wife and her brother over their mothers care which has come to a head following an e-mail BiL sent. Seems he is taking a back seat for the sake of his health but at the same time is unhappy he feels he is being excluded despite never responding to phone calls or texts.
My wife who was already finding it tough to manage her mothers care with little support from her brother is close to being pushed over the edge.
I sense a really difficult time ahead
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Mar 2020
8:47am, 11 Mar 2020
33,989 posts
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LindsD
That sounds v tough. It's hard enough when you do get on with your relatives.
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Mar 2020
9:00am, 11 Mar 2020
18,935 posts
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Carpathius
Right, so he's abdicating all responsibility for actually doing anything ever, but now your wife has to take on the additional admin job of informing him and asking his opinion of every little thing?
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