I think its time for my grandfather to move to a retirement home
. Ive tried for so long now to make sure he can stay in his own home but its getting to the point were he needs full time care and I just havent got the time to fur fill it and its also getting to the point were he isnt really safe.
For his age he still seems reasonably mobile but his mind is starting to go. Dont get me wrong he cant run a marathon or anything but he is able to get up and moving without too many problems.
I went to visit him the other day and it took him quite a while to remember who I was and Im quite worried hell let anyone into his home as although he couldnt remember who I was at first he still let me in. Along with this yesterday he went out for a walk and half way down the road he couldnt remember why hed left the house and hed forgotten his keys. Thankfully a neighbour had noticed and given me a call and I came over to collect him and let him in with my spare keys.
This morning I found out hed gotten the yellow pages down off the book self and give a local skip hire company a ring. Im not too sure why he thought he needed a bin skip hire but it turned up on his drive earlier today and I had to explain to them he was struggling and didnt need bin skip hire. Thankfully I knew someone at the local skip hire company and although it was annoying for them they understood the situation.
I dont like the idea of sending him to a nursing home but Im really not too sure what else I can do for him and one day something really bad is going to happen to him. Hell make lots of friends at the home so Im hoping he wont hate it there. At least I wont have to sort out spare keys and random skips turning up at the house.