None of this is easy but it doesn’t need to be made more difficult than it is already. What can make it easier? Having the health and finance LPA done is invaluable. I did mine using the government website. It wasn’t difficult and didn’t take long either. An LPA is Read more…
The last article ended with a question about the documents. What were they? Why were they created? How were they helpful? I’m going to refer to the main documents below. There were 9 of them. For each one, I’ll share what it was, why it was created and how it Read more…
A few years ago, this guy told me that his wife had decided to stop working because her parents were poorly. They had many health appointments that she basically couldn’t help them and work at the same time. I accepted it but didn’t truly realise what it meant until I Read more…
What I’ve been doing to support Roger and his family I’m not sure if I’ve managed to capture everything but the following list captures most of what I’ve been managing. How did it affect me? Doing the above required me to do the following: How did my experience reinforce the Read more…
What is a live-in carer? Live-in care is a type of service where a professionally trained care worker moves into someone’s home full time to live with them and support their care needs. A live-in carer is able to look after the person 24 hours a day and assist with Read more…
The care home was lovely. It was well organised, the storage areas were hidden, there were different areas for residents to spend time in, it was clean, the staff seemed nice, there was a place of worship, a place where visitors could get a hot drink and some snacks and Read more…
The Medical Escort was happy for Roger to fly home but she wasn’t going to let him return to his home where he lived alone. While he was in India, he had a full-time carer who stayed with him in the hospital, as well as, the hospital staff who checked Read more…
