Exceptional circumstances???

[Icecreamanddaisies]

Aibu to expect the head to grant my dc leave to assist a parent recovering from a major operation that lives far away. I will have to move in for a week and take dc with me. Will this be considered exceptional circumstances

Assuming this is in the UK the hospital discharge team should be managing this. Many people don't have anyone who can come to look after them and something is put in place for them.

With an elderly relative 180 miles away I found the hospital discharge team useless, someone in their 80s with dementia and recovering from a bad fall and the care package didn't work, she was sent home to an empty house in a taxi and I wasn't told until afterwards. No one even checked if she managed to get in the house. After the hospital told me what they had done I couldn't get her on the phone and had to get a neighbour to go round, thank heavens for caring neighbours. They found her lying in a cold dark room crying. Care in the Community? More like I don't care in the Community.

I don't blame you wanting to go and spend sometime to make sure they are OK. I hope all goes well.