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Help for the aged..

Posted: Tue Nov 9, 2021 4:49pm
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Mojacar2018

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Hi. Due to Brexit challanges I am limited on time I can look after my politically incorrect mother (93). She is at her most vulnerable at night time and I am wondering what services exist where a reliable carer could sleep in until day care arrives....... She lives on Mojacar Playa..... 5 mins walk from Thomas' supermarket. Any helpful suggestions appreciated. Thank you. 😊

LosPardoslady

Posted: Tue Nov 9, 2021 6:07pm

LosPardoslady

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Posted: Tue Nov 9, 2021 6:07pm

You might want to look at the services offered by Almeria angels.  Google search or Facebook will find them.  Alternatively have you tried the townhall website. 

Not sure if the latter offers anything as most care is provided by family members in Spain. 

Good luck with your search K

juanida

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:54pm

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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:54pm

LosPardoslady wrote on Tue Nov 9, 2021 6:07pm:

You might want to look at the services offered by Almeria angels.  Google search or Facebook will find them.  Alternatively have you tried the townhall website. 

Not sure if the latter offers anything as most care is provided by family members in Spain. 

Good luck with your search K

You have a real problem there, and I sympathize with you.

I have had a similar experience in having to find a 24/7 carer for a blind, deaf and type 1 diabetic 93 year old father-in-law and had to pay for two carers for the two shifts.  None of them stayed very long and the best ones found more agreeable work.  The worst ones were found to be dishonest and did not keep to the menu sheet we found out later, and there were other issues.  

We inspected a very nice geriatric home, (St Rafael's in NĂ­jar) and would have been all In favour of this as a safer alternative but the other brothers and sisters would not agree (although they mostly didn't live in Spain), so we were unable to go ahead.  The cost would have been from just over 1,000 euros a month for a room shared with one other or nearly 2,000 euros for an individual room.  This was in 2016.  For special needs like for  Alzheimer's or disabled there are extras and things like incontinence pads, medicines you have to supply for the patient.  For an inspection visit, mornings between 11 - 12.30 were the times, but because of COVID this may now be different.  If your mother is a resident, part of the costs should be subsidised by the Junta de AndalucĂ­a.

Do hope you find a solution.  Good luck!

Susi

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:33pm

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:33pm

Please pm me as I have a contact who may be able to help.  This lady is semi retired but with a professional background in nursing. 

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