Elderly disabled Dad - laundry services?

Alikay

Do you get free ads booklets in your area - you know those small ones which come through the door every month or so and advertise local small businesses? Well, we get a couple a month and there are always ads for local ironing services and most of them advertise that they'll do the washing too, with collection and delivery included.

cannyscot_2

You could probs just advertise on the local gumtree for a local lady to pop by 1x a week and take his washing and return it clean and ironed. Maybe offer £12? My dad is getting older but still insists on wearing loads of shirts so needs to get them laundered. He drops them at mo into a laundry service but v soon I am thnking of arranging the above.

mazza111

Social services may help with things like this. They offered to do my mum's for about £15/week (figures might be wrong, it was a while ago), but I told her not to and used to go over on my day off and do it in the sheltered housing's launderette. Now the SH has given us a set time slot which saves a lot of time, but SS can definitely help in our area

ash28

Johnson's the dry cleaners do laundry - they supply the bags in 3 sizes - the only thing is I don't think they drop off and pick up.

They will do any laundry - bedding, towels, clothes, socks and underwear - they will do a wash, dry and fold or a wash, dry, iron and fold.

There is a counter in our local Waitrose - no idea how much it is though.

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mazza111 wrote: »

Social services may help with things like this. They offered to do my mum's for about £15/week (figures might be wrong, it was a while ago), but I told her not to and used to go over on my day off and do it in the sheltered housing's launderette. Now the SH has given us a set time slot which saves a lot of time, but SS can definitely help in our area

Something like that would be great. Getting him to agree to it would be another matter.

He's certainly not short on cash but won't spend it on things he thinks are unnecessary. If I paid that wouldn't work because he'd go off on one.

In fact, he won't spend money on pretty much anything - its like monopoly money to him - no idea what exactly hes saving it for. Its just there for no reason because, in his words, he doesnt want to waste money because when he was younger he didnt have any.


Some examples to show what I mean:-

- He will not under any circumstance pay for a taxi (he doesnt drive). In the past, hes waited in hospital for 6 hours for me to drive 30 miles to collect him and take him home, rather than pay £10 for a taxi. In the past, hes also walked a mile and made himself ill because he refuses to pay for a taxi.

- His sister (10 years older than him!) used to do his washing and walk 2 miles to his house with it. He thought this was OK.

- He thinks its ok for my wife to do his washing. Shes ill at the moment, pregnant so not really fit for it. And, of course, she works, I work, live 30+ miles away.

I'll do anything to help my Dad, but I need to get him to realise that he can't expect others to do things all the time. Sometimes is easier for everyone if he sorts something out.

Dunroamin

Could you just buy him a washing machine, arrange for a plumber to install it and then leave him to it? You could make him watch you use it when you go over, at least for a while; he'll catch on eventually.

suki1001

If he's happy to hand wash everything, then do you really need to change things?

Has he actually complained to you about having to handwash, or is it just your opinion?

I would say unless it's causing him a problem, let him carry on.

pigpen

as pay someone to do it once a week you may as well do it yourself.. if you visit once a week how much hassle is it to load a basket of washing into the car?

I remember you posting this before too.. I think my reply was the same then.. lol

victory

Yes I remember this being posted before....

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Dunroamin wrote: »

Could you just buy him a washing machine, arrange for a plumber to install it and then leave him to it? You could make him watch you use it when you go over, at least for a while; he'll catch on eventually.

I thought that. But he point blank refuses to allow it to happen. Says he cant do it.

His kitchen is pretty small too. I was looking at portable washing machines also as an option...

Anything got to be better than handwashing...