Plan for parents

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Dh and I live on a Scottish island. We have no kids. Both mums live on their own. Mine is 72, his 87.

Plan last night:
Both of us working from home as of tomorrow
Both mums stay in their own house
Nobody allowed in other than dh to his mother and me to mine
DH is the only one to go out for supplies
I may be called to work for a Rota but will be alone in the office
DH visits his mother's house but keeps 2m distance, washing hands before and after entering.
I visit my mothers house leaving supplies on doorstep not entering house
My mother can drive to beach to go out
MIL partially sighted and bent 45 degrees but very independent

Tonight my MIL is ok about it but I don't think she realises the enormity yet

My mother is having anxiety attacks about being on her own for months. What we really want is to be together. Dh is happy with that, we live in a cottage so it's not very big but 2 spare rooms and lots of outside space and beach at end of our Croft.

I can't work out the best logistics.

I can't see that all living together would be any safer than living separately but still visiting - probably a lot less so, assuming you stop visiting if one of you is ill. Sounds like your plan has minimised all the risks you can.

Thank you. Feel better after writing a plan and agreeing it tbh.

My mum is safer if she is at home on her own with only me dropping supplies off.

If I was to depend on DH to stick rigidly to social distancing and hand washing when out buying supplies or visiting his mother then that would increase the risk for my mother.

Ok that's helped me make the decision. The plan is the best plan ! Thank you