Looking After Elderly Relations

Looking After Elderly Relations
I had a phone call form my father’s careline on Thursday. I was in Manchester. The other key holder was in London. The alarm was showing that it was unplugged. Someone had to go and look at it. No-one could. They are now saying they will have to take it off him. But surely, he needs it more than ever if I’m away, my husband is away and my daughter is away?
There was also an item on the television today about a British born woman, who was married to an American, about to be deported. It’s madness. She is just as British as I am. She wants to stay in the UK to look after her elderly Mum. They’re saying that neighbours could look after her.
But they made the point that I made: people are strangers today. I wouldn’t want to impose care of my father on to people who hardly know us. Besides, there is no one who lives locally who would have been able to respond that day. Everyone would have been out at work.
Imposing it on to professional strangers is another matter. There must be a general need for this sort of thing these days. I did find one company who did this. I’m not too confident about them as they’ve not yet managed to contact me.