Practical matters
Share information and support on practical problems, legal and money matters as well as benefits.
Last post Mum palliative but no prognosis
Hi, wife of 57 just been given weeks/months before end of life. Going through roller coaster of emotions. Sometimes I am ok, other times just crying. Bit of help needed ....
Hi! I’m new here and felt like I need to reach out. I’m in a relationship and my partner and I have a young child. I also have a 14 year old. The demands of parenting a young child and a teenager are tricky but manageable. But I am also ....
Hi there, i'm new to this forum. My partner's grandad has been diagnosed with MND a few months ago. Their family have come together to help care for him. Although I am an outsider to the family I still want to do my part, but I feel like my part ....
Does anyone know if the carer of someone with a terminal illness has the right to work from home? I am in this situation and have successfully worked from home since the first Lockdown. My employer wants to me to start coming back into the office but I want to ....
Father currently in hospital with cancer spreading and has been given a couple of months to live. He's asked to be taken out of hospital as soon as he's stabilised, but he's adamant that he does not want to go home. He's made a list of a few places he ....
Hi new to the group and thought I should reach out to more like minded people that might understand. I'm 24 and I live with my mum who has been battling an aggressive rare cancer for 2 years now. Since I am the only one living with mum practical and ....
Hi,New members here. Here what going onMy Mum died at the begin of Jan 2023, she was 75 years old and we had the funeral at the begin of Feb 2023.Which left me and my dad which at the time he was 75 years old, he now 76 years old.On ....
My mum is getting palliative care at hospital (in a pre surgical ward) and the plan is to transfer her home . The doctor thought that i would not be allowed to give her the morphine she is on at home for legal reasons. She wasnt 100% sure about this ....
Hi all my mum has terminal brain cancer we found out 2 weeks ago. Some days she is chatty and said she is going to fight this and then next day is planning her funeral its kind of like having whiplash. Please is this normal and how can I help ....
My dad is in hospital and being sent to my house which is 100 miles away from him for practical reasons as I'm not working and my mum too frail and ill to do it . my siblings not able too for health reasons etc. I'm single mum with 2 ....