My mother is currently in hospital after pneumonia, and was previously quite independent and mobile. However, her house is awful - she's gradually withdrawn into using just one downstairs room, the roof leaks, and there's only one working tap and no shower/bath etc any more.
Hospital are talking about discharging her, but as there are steps between her bedroom and bathroom, and she currently can't walk to the bathroom in the hospital without assistance, I can't see how she will manage at home. I don't think it's fit for habitation anyway, but I don't know what other options there are - I don't have a spare room for her to move into and couldn't provide the level of care she currently needs anyway.
Where do I start? What options are there? Can the hospital just discharge her and leave it to us to pick up the pieces?
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How bad does a house need to be to be unsuitable?
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zogandtheflyingdoctors · 11/02/2019 22:06
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