Do you care for a relative who is reliant on your support?
Watch this postDo you have an elderly relative who needs your regular help and support? Do you find it a challenge? Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences here …….
Log in to comment
You need to be logged in to interact with Silversurfers. Please use the button below if you already have an account.
LoginNot a member?
You need to be a member to interact with Silversurfers. Joining is free and simple to do. Click the button below to join today!
JoinCommunity Terms & Conditions
Content standards
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
be accurate (where they state facts); be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
Contributions must not:
contain any material which is defamatory of any person; or contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory; or promote sexually explicit material; or promote violence; promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; or infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person; or be likely to deceive any person; or be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence; or promote any illegal activity; or be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety; or be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person; or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; or give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Nurturing a safe environment
Our Silversurfers community is designed to foster friendships, based on trust, honesty, integrity and loyalty and is underpinned by these values.
We don't tolerate swearing, and reserve the right to remove any posts which we feel may offend others... let's keep it friendly!
My husband is main family carer for his 99yr old mother, I can see it taking a toll on him. She has lost her short term memory and is constantly phoning him to say she has lost ....... so he to drop everything and go and find her things (it is usually the bread she has lost 😕 )
She lives on her own and is under constant assessment (husband ensures they assess her regularly), and has recently been appointed a morning and evening carer who are supposed to ensure she is feeding herself, getting her up in the morning, putting her to bed and give her her medication. Problem is she is an early riser so gets herself up and she has fallen several times 😥 Bedtime is 8pm, she has accepted that but many times they do not let my husband know she is running out of tablets until she is down to her last one.