Grandad losing his house!

SingleSue

I thought about having an amenity bed after eldest son was born....but then they put me in one of those rooms anyway FOC because of the complications suffered during delivery.

SingleSue

We have neighbours...I am a semi detached but we also have the bonus of fields close by, a pub within a 5 minute walk and a bus stop just around the corner.

The housing association look after the exterior of our houses and will cut the verges by the path but we are responsible for interior decoration and our gardens...my front garden is appox 30ft in depth, my back garden in excess of 130ft. All the neighbours take great pride in making sure the gardens (both front and back), look neat, tidy and pretty. My back garden is landscaped with features, my front garden is neatly trimmed with borders...as are others.

We do have people at home, as stated before, we have a mix of private homes, bungalows and social housing for families, so at all points of the day, there are people around.

MissMoneypenny

goffo wrote: »

So what you are saying is that there is a form of discrimination between those residents that are poor and those that are wealthy?

I assumed in that home that it all come down to how much money was paid? Those who were state funded got the basic room in the home and those who paid for themselves, paid more and got the better rooms.

I have seen some very nice nursing homes (as nice as a home can be?) that won't take state funded residents. The only exception to that has been if they have a long term resident whose money has run out: then they let them stay in their own room for the reduced rate that the council will pay. They don't believe in moving elderly residents as it is too upsetting for them at that age.

MissMoneypenny

margaretclare wrote: »

This is too awful. No wonder so many of them stink of urine. Not to go into too much detail but....as we get older, many people CANNOT wait!! For example, older men may be awaiting surgery for enlarged prostate, this means they get up several times a night, and when they gotta go, they gotta go!!! I've read of men like this who knew where every loo was in the town, every pub they could use the gents without buying any beer.

Making people wait to go to the loo is nothing short of cruelty.

It shocked me too.

I know at least two of those people in the cheaper rooms, had signed their houses over to children to avoid fees (one was a farmer).

If their families had come to visit them, they might have given the proceeds of their houses, back, so that they could have a better area to live in.