Ok, so I appreciate this is going to be difficult question to answer, but my mum is worried sick about care home fees for my dad and how many years she might have to fund.
he is likely in the near future to need nursing care at £2k a week and obviously there is a limit to how long she could fund that for.
he is 81. He has had one major stroke and a number of TIAs. He is type 2 diabetic on insulin. Double incontinence. He has vascular dementia- probably middle stage by now. Gets confused easily, can’t remember events. He has very limited mobility, likely to be bed bound soon. Whenever he is checked over his vitals are good, good heart, blood pressure etc.
i can’t imagine him living more than 3-5 years more like this, but as my mum says, there’s nothing wrong with his major organs.
so, can anyone with any experience of older patients give a view on typically how long he might have?
I know it sounds cold, but we need to plan financially if yes, realistically he could live another 10 years like that.