Candid camera..

[Michael Rolls]

no - just truthful

[Mups]

A black lady carer (Agency worker),  once said to me that they have no care homes at all in her country.
Unfortunately I can't remember which country she came from.

Anyway,  I asked her who looked after the old folks when they could no longer look after themselves any more then?

She said all the Family do,  it is seen as their duty.

In the past I have heard people remarking over how many foreign people live in one house,  but after what that carer told me,  that is probably the reason why several generations often live together.
The older ones look after the children (so no child care to pay for), and in turn, the  adults then care for their ageing relatives,  so no expensive care homes to pay for either.

Perhaps not such a bad idea in some ways?

[muddy]

It's not if it works .
But there are  loads of instances where it doesn't .
There are care homes in every European country we in the  U.K. think most European families have granny sitting knitting by thr  fire place.
They don't .
Many live in small flats there is no room.
I have lived in third world countries and old people are neglected there too.
It's not good getting old .

[klondike]

Better than the alternative though...

[Michael Rolls]

not always

[GrannyMac]

Future proofing. Independent living with support if needed is the ideal. I've done some work around specialist housing for older people, and moving to the right accommodation before we get too infirm has so many positives.

Bed blocking is often due to unsuitable housing, and isolation/loneliness can be an issue that speeds up poor cognitive health.  The right housing also delays the need for moving into a care home, and is far less expensive to the individual.  Problem is the private schemes are still very expensive to buy and they have high fees.  They can also be hard to resell, and the social housing provision through housing associations and local authorities is limited.  There has been a realisation that the proportion of older people is growing, as the baby boomer generation age. But it's playing catch up.

[muddy]

Future proofing. Independent living with support if needed is the ideal. I've done some work around specialist housing for older people, and moving to the right accommodation before we get too infirm has so many positives.

Bed blocking is often due to unsuitable housing, and isolation/loneliness can be an issue that speeds up poor cognitive health.  The right housing also delays the need for moving into a care home, and is far less expensive to the individual.  Problem is the private schemes are still very expensive to buy and they have high fees.  They can also be hard to resell, and the social housing provision through housing associations and local authorities is limited.  There has been a realisation that the proportion of older people is growing, as the baby boomer generation age. But it's playing catch up.

I only discovered this last week . I have a friend in sheltered accommodation a tiny one bedroom apartment that she owns . One of her neighbours has died who also owned a place . Her daughter is having trouble selling it as it can legally only be sold by the former owner who is dead . It doesn't sound right to me .

[Mups]

I only discovered this last week . I have a friend in sheltered accommodation a tiny one bedroom apartment that she owns . One of her neighbours has died who also owned a place . Her daughter is having trouble selling it as it can legally only be sold by the former owner who is dead . It doesn't sound right to me .

That sounds a bit daft to me,  as well as impossible.

[Alex]

Is this a way of having to sell back to the group that runs the complex  ?

[Mups]

Is this a way of having to sell back to the group that runs the complex  ?

Oh,  did I misunderstand, Alex?  Sorry.

I thought you said only to be sold BY the previous owner,  not TO the previous owners?
That's why I couldn't understand how the previous owner could sell if she/he had died.

[muddy]

I don't understand it either Mups .
Of course the owner can't sell it she's dead .
I suspect as Alex surmised it is a ploy by the owners of the development that make people sell it back to them ..