Please don't judge me...

[lowlandLucky]

..when you see me in the supermarket tomorrow filling two trollies with canned goods, loo roll and breakfast biscuits, they are not just for me, promise. Like many on here i have elderly parents to care for, my Dad us housebound with C.O.P.D and my MIL has mobility issues, both have signs of Dementia, i shop,cook and clean for them both.
If you have Parents or family that you have to care for what plans have you made to look after them if the Government insisits the elderly self isolate ?

I wouldn’t judge you but no one has told anyone to self isolate yet. There’s no need to stock up or panic buy anything - despite the tsunami of panic on mumsnet.

Elderly MIL would scoff & tut if we suggested that she stock up.

If elderly parents rely on you to shop for them, then you bloody well should make sure they have enough food in for two weeks.

Any one of us could have to self isolate at any time, and need two weeks supplies for themself and anyone that relies on them.

Obviously if you get sick in that time it will be longer than two weeks, as well.

So away with the 'no need to stock up' brigade. Having two weeks supplies in is sensible, not panic.

CV is out and about.

I havent been to clear in my post, it wont be me stocking up or panic buying, i will be doing their normal shop that i do every month, i dont live in the same town as them.
The only thing i have done differently is batch cook their meals for a month instead of fortnight

I will be doing the same for us and two elderly relatives because we are rural and our local two petrol stations were closed due to no fuel so I'm filling up the cars and doing food shops today.

To answer your question, OP, I'm really worried because I can't do or say anything.

DM reads the daily fail so will hopefully work it out for herself.
DMiL and FiL are usually well stocked. I can't say anything to them because her mental health is very poor. I can't imagine how she'd cope.

picklemewalnuts What a situation youre in, maybe you could have a small stockpile at our house.

fiddlemefiddleNo fuel ! Oh my, we are rural too, i hope our local garage is ok, we have half a tank at the moment, will go and fill it later i think

We care for 4 family members in their 80s and 90s, my in-laws, my gran and my elderly aunt.

I always think people are looking at me funny when I go in and do their big monthly shop. I do the whole lot for all of them in one go then top up on fresh things every week. I'll definitely be getting the evil eye this week.

Mil uses a stupid amount of toilet roll too, she won't use kitchen roll so uses toilet roll for mopping up spills and everything. Even though it goes all soggy. They are now going to use it to dry their hands too apparently, instead of towels, so has asked for extra. Hopefully they will still use fabric towels for the rest of their bodies.....

@Noworrieshere use the loo roll crisis as the excuse to buy kitchen roll instead for non toilet purposes for your MIL. It's not like she can refuse to use it if its all she has.

My mother is in her 80’s and I bought extra for her on Friday - long-life milk, toilet rolls, frozen ready meals etc.
I do not need to justify myself to anyone.

My elderly mother has stockpiled for her entire life, because as a child of the war she felt a need to always have things to fall back on.

However, the reality is that she can't self isolate. She can make a sandwich or some toast, she can make a cup of tea. She can't clean or do washing, and she has continence problems, and she can't stand up unaided. If we left her alone for two weeks, corona virus would be the least of our worries, as a fall or food poisoning would most likely get to her first.

I really don’t think it’s a bad thing to keep some stock of essentials.

I work in the head office of a large retailer in London. My DH works for a large corporate company in London. Both of us have been told that offices expect to be shut down over the next few weeks. Offices in London are already being shut down and it’s not in the news. Yes, the people who manage retailers and stock can work from home, but nowhere near as efficiently in most cases as in offices. Some activity will have to stop. So while I get that people who aren’t involved in the world of how products get onto shelves think it’s crazy to stockpile. But I don’t think it is.

And actually, if having extra stocks in helps people manage the stress of CV, then that's a good thing too.