Preparedness for when

pineapple

daz378 wrote: »

public sector workers especially carers a sneered upon by government because were paid a little bit more than private sector carers.... thats because we are not a valuable factor of production

In my days at a local authority adult day centre it was some families that got to me - not the gubberment. I once had a mother come up to me and say 'It's your duty to take our son on holiday'.
I dearly wanted to say 'Err no I'm a day centre worker and you are the family - so I think that would be you matey'.

fuddle

A lady I care for is a prepper although I feel she just thinks it's her way of life being of OS blood. Anyway, given that she has difficulties she thought it sensible to buy a ground floor flat 40 years ago. She had lived happily in her home with her belongings there all those years until last year. With her difficulties getting a little worse she thought it best to get into sheltered accommodation now she is in her 80's. She put her flat on the market and cleared her home to downsize. She was given medicals to prove she could look after herself as it was not a care home. She passed the medicals and lived there for a short time. She had a fall that required a hospital stay. That fall meant that the sheltered accommodation felt she wasn't able to look after herself and broke the news that she could no longer stay there. They suggested a care home. The lady said no way! and called off the sale of her flat. she now has carers coming to help and is in her home but the sad thing is she hasn't got her possessions/preps any more and only has a chair, bed and a few utensils, bedding from charity/friends etc.

It's something to keep in mind when we're planning (as best we can) for our later years.

This lady is a tonic though. She's very determined and a happy little soul. Yesterday she met me with a fish slice. She had found it behind the kitchen units - that fish slice was hers from before the kerfuffle.

jk0

fuddle wrote: »

A lady I care for is a prepper although I feel she just thinks it's her way of life being of OS blood. Anyway, given that she has difficulties she thought it sensible to buy a ground floor flat 40 years ago. She had lived happily in her home with her belongings there all those years until last year. With her difficulties getting a little worse she thought it best to get into sheltered accommodation now she is in her 80's. She put her flat on the market and cleared her home to downsize. She was given medicals to prove she could look after herself as it was not a care home. She passed the medicals and lived there for a short time. She had a fall that required a hospital stay. That fall meant that the sheltered accommodation felt she wasn't able to look after herself and broke the news that she could no longer stay there. They suggested a care home. The lady said no way! and called off the sale of her flat. she now has carers coming to help and is in her home but the sad thing is she hasn't got her possessions/preps any more and only has a chair, bed and a few utensils, bedding from charity/friends etc.

It's something to keep in mind when we're planning (as best we can) for our later years.

This lady is a tonic though. She's very determined and a happy little soul. Yesterday she met me with a fish slice. She had found it behind the kitchen units - that fish slice was hers from before the kerfuffle.

Oh, the poor woman. How sad.

They'll have to drag me kicking & screaming out of this house. I'll be installing a stairlift when the time comes. One thing that does concern me, given that I hope it will be at least twenty years before I need one, is will they still be available?

Should I maybe get one now, just in case they aren't?

fuddle

Jko as we are living longer and longer my guess is that in 20 years there will be more than enough technology to get you up the stairs. Wait and see eh?

Possession

My grandma is on her 2nd stair lift - beware they are horrendously expensive if you have any slight 'difference' in your stairs, we are talking multiple thousands for the one just put in her new house. Particularly galling when the one in her old house will just have been ripped out by the developer.
I was gifted a big box of gooseberries today, and will make jam if I have time (which I don't really) but in the meantime my children are merrily eating them raw. I was given blackcurrants too which I've never cooked with before - anything other than jam to be done?

pineapple

fuddle wrote: »

That fall meant that the sheltered accommodation felt she wasn't able to look after herself and broke the news that she could no longer stay there.

That poor lady. Where I was a sheltered housing warden, one of the tenants was practically bed bound.. Carers came throughout the day to get her washed, fed etc and she seemed to spent most of her time in bed. It wasn't a temporary condition either. I think that ordinarily the housing association would have been under pressure to let to someone more independent but they had trouble filling vacancies. I'm not convinced this was about her wishes - more the family trying to save the estate from being eaten up by care home fees. Elsewhere we had 'extra care' sheltered housing - ie with a 24 hour team on site - where she would have been better catered for. Imo there was no difference between the residents there and those in a residential home up the road.

pineapple

Possession wrote: »

I was given blackcurrants too which I've never cooked with before - anything other than jam to be done?

I'm just enjoying my first (small) crop of blackcurrants. I add them to my Nutriblast mix but if I had a glut, I would be making things like pies, crumbles and sponges (with the fruit as a base).

craigywv

Possession wrote: »

My grandma is on her 2nd stair lift - beware they are horrendously expensive if you have any slight 'difference' in your stairs, we are talking multiple thousands for the one just put in her new house. Particularly galling when the one in her old house will just have been ripped out by the developer.
I was gifted a big box of gooseberries today, and will make jam if I have time (which I don't really) but in the meantime my children are merrily eating them raw. I was given blackcurrants too which I've never cooked with before - anything other than jam to be done?

I made Ribena this week with a glut of mine,froze 2 bottles for later in the year recipe , type blackcurrant cordial in search engine hth

alice-mary

Hi Everyone,
Garden-wise, I don't have a glut of anything BUT the runner beans are producing their pretty red flowers and I have today picked and eaten 4 beautiful, ripe blueberries! I have also picked and eaten a grand total of 6 strawberries over the last 3 weeks :-) I know it isn't much compared some people's achievements but normally anything I try to grow is decimated by the local slugs/snails and beasties, so I am happy with my lot so far!

Alice
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daz378

thanks for the kind words..... local union rep....was good about it,,, said its my choice....maybe more strikes planned for september.... will be out for them if required... off to bank tomorrow to generate a cheque for hardship fund £45 not quite full days pay but shows my support