An older member of my family has suffered a catastrophic stoke following bypass surgery. She is currently in hospital but they obviously need to discharge her ASAP. She is financially secure and DD have already telephoned to say she won’t be eligible for their help. She needs 24 hour care and would benefit from physio etc. She owns a house large enough for a live in carer or we could find a care/nursing home as there are many here in the South East. I would like to find out more about live in care, people who have done it (would probably use an agency to ensure cover of sickness/holidays etc), pitfalls etc. Do the advanatages of being in own home outweigh any potential isolation? She struggles to communicate post stroke but on the whole has retained ability to think etc so hopefully the decision will ultimately be hers but we want to know a bit more before presenting options. An intensive period of rehabilitation would be good as she was so ill she missed much of the immediate post stroke care period when progress is most likely. Any thoughts or experiences to share?