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[NickFitz]

looks like ZeitPater & ZeitMater will have to go into a nursing home.



There goes the house.

<ZG in unfeeling brat mode>

Bummer

[mudskipper]

looks like ZeitPater & ZeitMater will have to go into a nursing home.



There goes the house.

<ZG in unfeeling brat mode>

I'm assuming there homes that will take them as a couple with different needs?

[zeitghost]

I'm assuming there homes that will take them as a couple with different needs?

We're assuming that too.

Which may be an assumption too far.

[zeitghost]

Another keen enthusiastic esteemed customer arrives an hour and 38 minutes after the start of the session.

Amazing.

And they wonder why they get such crap marks.

[NickFitz]

THREE BUGS! Count em! THREE!!!

They're not actually bugs: one extra couple of lines of copy for the FAQs, one extra link added on the home page, one change of a photo to a slightly less crap photo

The home page link is the only slightly interesting one, as it involves minor reworking of a bit that had a rather stupid design anyway. I may have to go so far as adding about eight lines of CSS, and removing five other lines.

Should be done in about five minutes

[hyperD]

"Tea, Mudskipper?"

[norrahe]

Is it home time yet?

[DaveB]

We're assuming that too.

Which may be an assumption too far.

There are, it's acually quite common. There are two couples living in the home that GMIL is in. In both cases husband could no longer properly care for wife at home so both have moved into the care home. Seems to work well enough for them.

Look at lots of homes, try and get personal recommendations if you can or talk to relatives of residents if you get the chance. If it smells, leave. Accidents happen, especially with elderly dementia sufferers, but thats no reason for it to be left long enough to be noticable.

Smaller is generally better, fewer residents mean staff are more likely to have time to spend with them. Look for a decent staff/resident ratio. 1/4 is good. More than 1/6 is pushing things.

Ask about staff qualifications - Not just nursing but things like NVQ's in Elderly Care etc.

Ask about the level of ability of the other residents. If M & P still have enough marbles to want proper social interaction it's no use finding a home where most of the residents lost theirs years ago. THis will be even more important in future if one gets worse faster than the other.

Check the Care Quality Commission website for offical reports on likely candidates.

The Public | Care Quality Commission

It will cause upset and disruption, but it wont last as long as you expect it to.

[NickFitz]

"Well now that’s done: and I’m glad it’s over." - T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land.

[zeitghost]

There are, it's acually quite common. There are two couples living in the home that GMIL is in. In both cases husband could no longer properly care for wife at home so both have moved into the care home. Seems to work well enough for them.

Look at lots of homes, try and get personal recommendations if you can or talk to relatives of residents if you get the chance. If it smells, leave. Accidents happen, especially with elderly dementia sufferers, but thats no reason for it to be left long enough to be noticable.

Smaller is generally better, fewer residents mean staff are more likely to have time to spend with them. Look for a decent staff/resident ratio. 1/4 is good. More than 1/6 is pushing things.

Ask about staff qualifications - Not just nursing but things like NVQ's in Elderly Care etc.

Ask about the level of ability of the other residents. If M & P still have enough marbles to want proper social interaction it's no use finding a home where most of the residents lost theirs years ago. THis will be even more important in future if one gets worse faster than the other.

Check the Care Quality Commission website for offical reports on likely candidates.

The Public | Care Quality Commission

It will cause upset and disruption, but it wont last as long as you expect it to.

Cheers, mate, thanks a lot.