Shared Lives Plus
by Alex Fox
Please read this inspiring and enterprising account of the use of family homes instead of expensive institutions. They all work on a small or family sized scale and they show how personal relationships can be more effective than professional or client transactions.
One day shortly after my sister moved into the carehome, she asked me: “Why have you all moved out?” which was perhaps her way of making sense of the change.
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….current indications for me are that I am not going into care for a long time…..
……and I hope that many more can eventually join me
……I think this loss of independence is what is frightening to most people…
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What a terrific concept. Do you know if anyone in Australia is doing anything similar?
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I don’t think so, but I have alerted AA national to it, and we will be able to consider it when working on things this year.
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So that is what happened to ‘community’. Amazing what happens if people start caring for people with dementia as people.
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What a good idea. I was thinking today that perhaps an answer was for whole families to move into care homes together…
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