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

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LindsD Mar 2020 11:11am, 12 Mar 2020 34,045 posts	Quote Pin LindsD True, Chris. Thinking of you.
Little Miss Happy Mar 2020 4:06pm, 12 Mar 2020 2,034 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy FiL's care home in lock down as of this afternoon as another home in the group has a confirmed case.
TeeBee Mar 2020 6:19pm, 12 Mar 2020 5,932 posts	Quote Pin TeeBee Dad out of surgery, no general - just an epidural. Had lunch and chatting away.
Little Miss Happy Mar 2020 6:37pm, 12 Mar 2020 2,035 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy Great news TeeBee.
jda Mar 2020 6:39pm, 12 Mar 2020 6,605 posts	Quote Pin jda My dad is also in lockdown with no further visits from tomorrow until further notice. From what they said I expect this is a Scotland-wide policy (or at a minimum, clear advice that care homes would disregard at their peril). Lucky I visited when I did really. IMO a touch on the draconian side but I can see where they are coming from - not all inmates are in his position after all.
LazyDaisy Mar 2020 6:41pm, 12 Mar 2020 29,493 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Sounds good TeeBee
LindsD Mar 2020 7:00pm, 12 Mar 2020 34,054 posts	Quote Pin LindsD That's great, TeeBee!
Mandymoo Mar 2020 8:19pm, 12 Mar 2020 9,523 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo Great news TB x
Garfield Mar 2020 8:21pm, 12 Mar 2020 12,117 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Good to hear TeeBee!
ChrisHB Mar 2020 10:17pm, 12 Mar 2020 18,944 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB We've kept my mum quite cheerful today. I had a clip of our granddaughter skiing quite competently after about 90 minutes of teaching, and she was really smiling at it and watched it four times. Then she was delighted to see a clip of the six puppies our eldest's dog has just delivered.

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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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