My grandma lives on her own but is slowly going blind, her body is gradually getting older and she's finding it harder and harder to live independently.
We started to look at options for moving her closer to me, I was shocked! Assisted living in our area consisted of a small 1-2 bedroom flat starting at £172k, you also have to pay 'rent' on top of that for the upkeep of the building.
The other option is that she sells her home to move in to a care home. Her adult children will miss out on inheritance and she will be paying £££ to live in a small room, not even allowed to shower alone in a lot of them.
Or she can carry on living alone and struggling. God knows what the choices will be like by the time I'm at that age but it's not looking good.
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To think that the options for elderly people are shocking
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Roseberrry · 26/04/2016 12:43
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