2nd respite stay scheduled
It’s booked.
Perhaps you remember when I told you about the nursing home in Tunisia (room in an hotel with a full time caregiver, lot of activities and all the medical staff). I called, get more information, discussed it with my partner’s children and decided to plan a trial in September
September 23th we will fly to Tunisia (a 2 1/2 hours flight). I will stay 4 days, he will stay 1 month. I will go again October 20th for 2 days before coming back with him. We will see how it is. 1 month at the seaside, I hope it will be like holidays for him.
For the moment Tunisia is struggling with COVID. And traveling there is difficult. I hope it will be finished.
I am waiting for another respite stay in a MC here, perhaps in November, they can’t tell me when they will have availability. And it will only be 1 or 2 weeks.
After these 2 or 3 trials, I will decide, depending on availability and our ranking of the solution, where I will ask for a long term placement. The daycare director told me that daycare activities are less and less adapted and that we will have to stop it in few months.
Comments
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Good for you, planning ahead and taking care of yourself! I hope it all works out well and that you are able to make an informed decision and one that will come to fruition. I am envious that you have such interesting options for Memory Care to choose from. Best of luck. Keep us posted.0
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Good for you! I'm impressed with your ability to plan anything - I seem stuck like a deer in the headlights.The place in Tunisia sounds so interesting. I wish something like that was closer for my DH to enjoy respite there. It does sound like a vacation.0
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The Tunisia place looks wonderful on the web site you posted. I would go there to live if my circumstances permitted.0
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Glad to hear that you are getting things done before it becomes a crisis placement. I hope things work out well for you.0
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