The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
Heavy rain here and quite cool.
Mr Fixit is coming as I have a list of small jobs that need doing eg with the new carpets down i have 2 doors that need thier bottoms shaving ooh erhh missus.. I need some mastic at the back of the sink. I dont have any and he always carries it.
I need to nip out as there is a place nearby that will make leftover pieces of carpet into rugs and I want one under the treadmill.
AND.... I am planning a pub lunch (if im awake by then).

 

[Drago]

Cooler here, but dry. Slight rain overnight, can and van peppered with saharan dust.

Will dig out the remainder of the front garden today.

 

[Binky]

Morning.
Much colder here as v windy and a northerly so feels it as well. Dry though.
Plan for this morning is the joyful task(not) of ringing around care/nursing homes to see if vacancy and procedure etc for my Dad assuming he gets medically released from hospital.

 

[Drago]

Had to chuckle. Been catching up on the local dibble misconduct cases. One bobby resigned the day before his hearing...only for the panel to decide he would only have received a written warning if he were still in the job!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Blimey, Friday again!
Usual stuff to do, then lunching at the Star.

 

[Dave7]

Morning.
Much colder here as v windy and a northerly so feels it as well. Dry though.
Plan for this morning is the joyful task(not) of ringing around care/nursing homes to see if vacancy and procedure etc for my Dad assuming he gets medically released from hospital.

Sticking my big nose in. Rhetorical question** but......have you explored alternatives as care home costs are very scary as I know from experience. Sue's aunty DID have £100K in the bank when the relatives "put" her in a care home. 12 months later there is £20K left.
** as I say, that rhetorical so feel free to ignore that.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. A chilly but pleasant 5.5 mile wander done. We now have blue sky and sunshine and porridge has been eaten.

 

[Binky]

Sticking my big nose in. Rhetorical question** but......have you explored alternatives as care home costs are very scary as I know from experience. Sue's aunty DID have £100K in the bank when the relatives "put" her in a care home. 12 months later there is £20K left.
** as I say, that rhetorical so feel free to ignore that.

Care/nursing homes are ridiculously expensive, £5000-6000 a month or something. However, he couldn't cope at home. My Mum is elderly and frail and they both live at home still but no way would they cope so care home it must be.

 

[numbnuts]

Hi

 

[Mo1959]

Hi

Feeling better?

 

[Dave7]

Care/nursing homes are ridiculously expensive, £5000-6000 a month or something. However, he couldn't cope at home. My Mum is elderly and frail and they both live at home still but no way would they cope so care home it must be.

The aunty's was nearer £8k

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

When my was ill (dementure) and my Dad's eyesight and disability was getting worse
he once told me that he had planned for ll his life that they would be able to leave me with a decent inheritance when they died.

But as things were he was thinking that when the last of them went then I would be left with nothing as one or both of them would require so much care costs that it would eat up everything they had
Including the value of the house


In the event they lived together in the house until nearly the end and basically his mind and her body were functional so they sort of managed with a visit from the NHS carers every day

but I know he was very concerned about care home costs and very upset about how all his plans were useless

 

[Drago]

Time for 40 winks.

 

[Dave7]

I took 2 pieces of carpet to the lady/company that turns them into runners. She showed me some she had done.....very impressive.
She will cut them to the sizes I gave her ie 800mm x 500mm and edge them.......... £21.00.
Can't complain about that. I think i will do a bigger one for the conservatory.

 

[numbnuts]

Feeling better?

Hi Mo, my eye sight is OK, but with this prism lens it's hard to get use to as there is a loads of lines on the lens and it's hard to get use to, maybe it's just early days and the brain will adapt in time, I do hope so.
Not too sure when my next appointment and MRI is, that could be weeks away.
Many thanks for asking.