My wonderful granny is being dropped off at the door of a care home tomorrow . We’ve never been inside, my uncle has spoken to the manager on the phone only and we are so dreadfully worried .
She can’t manage alone; she has breast cancer that’s not for treatment, Alzheimer’s and she’s struggling so very much and needs 24:7 help but my God this hurts . My aunty put it perfectly on the phone when she said it’s like giving her away entirely - we aren’t allowed to visit, there’s no phone calls really except for one person, no other arrangements for contact mentioned and we won’t know if she’s happy, scared, or sad.
She’s to stay in her room for two weeks on arrival, staff in full PPE the entire time and she will be terrified and lost. She loves her balcony and her flowers, she’s spent 50 years in her current home and I’m scared that this move will kill her, being stuck indoors alone away from all she knows .
I know care home staff are most absolutely fantastic and we trust the company, have searched as much as you can without getting inside - but so so worried tonight .
Gran knows to an extent, she thinks she’s bought a new home and she must have asked me 40 times earlier if I thought this was the right thing to do, did I know her new neighbours, is there a garden, can we come and visit her ... it’s just awful . There’s nothing any of us can do though is there; just have to hope that it all goes OK.