The Story.

Soon after Grandma came to stay, my wife was admitted to hospital for 9 weeks very seriously ill. So we had Grandma, bed bound and barely able to talk with Grandad staying and our children to look after, while I did my day job and also visited my wife regularly at hospital.

We had carers twice a day and each night. We could not cope with being responsible at night so we paid for sleep in carers.

When my wife was especially ill, I could leave the home, with  a nurse to call me if the children were in trouble and be with my wife. The carers also did some ironing and cleaning when there was nothing to do for Grandma. One refused to do anything that was not specifically for Grandma so she stopped coming.

The others were just wonderful. In the end, we could not have done without Grandma. If Grandma had not been living with us, we would have barely seen her during her last months with us. The demands of my wife’s illness would have prevented that.