Hi
Mum has got her name added to the list for sheltered housing. But only wants to consider bungalows. She isn’t to use the stairs at home due to her health. So hasn’t acces to a shower and has to get washed in the downstairs bathroom. Sleeps in a hospital tpye bed in the living room.
Hates it. But says only wants a bungalow. Thinks flats will be noisy. Here flats are 2 or 3 floors high, and dont have any pcv cladding. But she is scared a flat might go on fire.
Really limits her options and how long it would be before a bungalow will come available. Any advice?
Hi @Shelly1, it like how long a piece of string is. It depends on the area you live in, some places are OK and some not. But with your mums health issues it should put her in a better chance of having a place.
Even though mum may be disabled she can still have a bath. My mum had an Archimedes bath seat provided by Social Services, she should only just walk with a Zimmer but enjoyed a daily bath.
Is this the only reason she wants to move, or are there other issues?
She has been advised by her medical team (ms consultant, Occupational Therapist) not to use stairs due to her increasingly poor balance and history of falls. This was after one of her stays in hospital. She wouldn’t be able to climb in and out of a bath. She used to use a shower but its upstairs.
As well as balance problems, there are days when her fatigue would be quite bad, so she wouldn’t have much strength.
I was glad when they said not to use the stairs, because I watching her using the stairs was terrifying. But back then when they told Mum not to use stairs, we thought she’d be able to get a stairlift.
Unfortunately they can’t extend the house to build on a bedroom and shower. They sent someone out to look but because of building regulations it got turned down. Through floor stairlift can’t be installed either because of the ceiling/upstairs floors made of some kind of concrete slabs which they can’t cut through. She can’t have one of the stairlifts that attach to the side of the stairs because of the progressive ms.
My mum was severely disabled but could have a daily bath by using the Archimedes bath seat. No climbing in and out needed! At bath edge height, you sit on the seat. Then swivel it round, and then it gently lowers you into the water. When finished, it lifts you up again, then you can swivel round. Maybe ask Google to find details.