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Caring for elderly relatives? Supercarers can help

SIL newly disabled, housing

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user1473065575 · 10/04/2021 19:57

Hi, not sure where to post this so please direct me if there's a more appropriate board.
My SIL had cancer removed from her hip last October. The surgery got complicated and the end result has been a full leg/hip amputation.
She is finally ready to leave hospital. However her flat is completely unsuitable for a wheelchair. The council can't/won't help as they own the flat (a 1 bed, 2 adults, 2 kids, mortgaged, tiny bit of equity). We're really lost how to get her home, find suitable accommodation ourselves. Hence my post. Thanks so much for any advice you can give.

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FortunesFave · 10/04/2021 23:01

Is the flat unsuitable due to being on an upper floor?

FortunesFave · 10/04/2021 23:01

They could rent it out and rent somewhere else themselves?

user1473065575 · 11/04/2021 07:59

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4216151-newly-disabled-housing-search
I repeated it on chat for traffic - will ask MN to close this one.

in summary it is ground floor but too narrow doorway/hallway to get a wheelchair through.
We are looking at renting it out and finding somewhere else but it definitely isn't easy to find somewhere that is wheelchair accessible - any advice? The search function on the property websites is pretty poor from what i can tell in my initial searches.

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