Spanish pensioner parents told they are not eligible for social care?

duchy

I'd question the wisdom of moving someone with Alzheimers to a strange country - especially if they don't speak the language and then expect care to be provided -with the additional language difficulties. Moving parents to care for them yourselves I can understand the disadvantages might be off set by the advantages - but to be cared for by strangers- makes no sense.

It just seems cruel

giddypenguin

Londonsu wrote: »

I pray that on Friday we have a government with the guts to stop this abuse, your parents are Spanish, their own country the one they have paid into should pay for their care NOT THE UK

The previous governments haven't allowed this "abuse" either... OP has already said they have been informed they are not entitled to anything.

SandraScarlett

I find this situation incredible. I'm assuming the family discussed this at length, before moving their elderly parents here? My late DH had Alzheimer's and I cared for him for 12 years at home.


Each time he was hospitalised for whatever reason (heart attacks, falls etc), I stayed with him the whole time, as he was so bewildered and frightened. And this from a man who could understand the language, and had visited the hospital numerous times before.


Even when he was at home, the tiniest change in his daily routine was very distressing for him. And, like millions of others, who had "paid into the system" for decades, we had to pay his Care Home fees, when he went into one for the last few months of his life.


No doubt this family had their reasons for making such a decision .....................................


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margaretclare

Sandra, I agree. I have some very clear and distressing memories of when my MIL came to live with us in the 70s (her idea), when she was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain and when we all went on holiday. We knew little or nothing then - well, nothing really. In hospital, if she went to the loo she couldn't find her way back to her bed. Staying in Scottish hotels, very embarrassing scenes when she didn't know who I was. And so on.

Moving to a different country/different language? Absolutely not a good idea.

SandraScarlett

Well, as the OP hasn't appeared since their initial post, I'm assuming they either don't like the replies, or it's Andy ......


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