First of all, I hope this is appropriate place to post - please advise if it’s not.
My mum suffers with bipolar and has been v unwell since August when she was sectioned. She is still bad at the moment and is very down, and it’s taking a long time to get her drugs right. My dad cares for her at home and is really struggling, as they have some friends but a lot of the time he is alone and he can’t leave her. He is starting to get depressed himself and was crying in the Drs surgery yesterday. I am very worried about him becoming depressed and he needs support, he could really do with regular breaks and was trying to look at employing someone to come in and help with mum ( paying for this is not an issue) he says he can’t find any local agencies - they are based in Plymouth and he says the nearest he can find is quite far away in Cornwall. I really want to help him find support, can anyone advise how I can go about this? And who I might contact? I am going down myself to see him this weekend but I’m in London with 2 young children so I am not able to get down there every weekend. Thanks for any advice.