Home Meal delivery
Watch this postI've been looking at home delivery meal services for my dad, does anyone use them or know someone who does? Could I get in touch to ask some questions, find out your opinions?
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Began to get dementia
Having no family I was giving him
A dinner most days but some days
I wasn't about so I arranged to
Get him meals on wheels
They gave him one little meal
And a sweet everyday no drink
No sandwich for the night
The bill at the end of the month
Was £ 98-00 which I thought was
Extortionate I cancelled it luckily
He now as a career who now
Cooks him dinner comes back
At night gives him some food
And puts him to bed I wouldn't
Recommend meals on wheels
This is in London might be different
In other areas
With a garage under his house
He is 76 years old with altziemers
The house is to big for him since his
Brother and sister died 16 years ago he's
Been there alone and dementia suddenly
Crept up on him he DOSENT remember
What bank he was at PIN numbers nothing
His bills are mounting up he's totally oblivious
To any think the red tape you have to go through
To get people to help him is ridiculous since January
I've been trying to get him the right help its madness
Contact numbers but the problem
I've got because he's my neighbour
And I'm not family or his carer
Doctors council hospitals won't talk
To me about him confidentiality as I'm not family
If it wasn't for me he would be dead
As I said I managed to get a man to come
Round and give him some food make sure he washes
And put him to bed not sure how much this is
Gonna cost ain't got a bill yet the local council
Are going to take over his finances but waiting
To get power of eterny takes a long time and
Has to go to court in the mean time bills mount up
Then there's a chance he ain't got that much money
To cover the bills I ain't sure what happens then
He just stands on his door step singing Pavarotti lol
Older brother and sister
Died 16 years ago
Sad the way he's ended up
Frightening really