Yesterday lunchtime dad was collected by the private ambulance to take him for his final visit to the Helen Ley Centre near Lemmington Spa. Due to cutbacks in council funding there will be no more trips, and this one is costing mum & dad over £2,300 just to ensure mum gets the rest she has been looking forward to. Dad won't be returning home at the end of the trip either as we have made arrangements for the private ambulance to deliver him to a residential nursing home just down the road. Mum can't cope any more with caring for dad, so this is the only way to keep them alive and well. Not sure yet what routine mum will settle into but if she wants she can visit dad daily, no restrictions, and have her meals with him (if she wishes) at a cost of £1.50 a meal. It wasn't an easy decision to make but one that had to be made, and the timing is as late as it could have been as the last 2 years of caring for dad have taken at least 4 years off her life and she looks like an old lady now - she didn't 2 years ago.
Mum came to have Sunday roast lunch with us today and the difference that just one good night's sleep has made was visible so this new arrangement will (hopefully) work for both of them.
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