My mother was 89 and still doing everything independently. When she suddenly had a fall and broke her hip, everything changed. She was admitted to hospital and underwent an operation to have a new hip. We knew that at her age this was a brave choice. Her rehabilitation was weak and once the hospital said she was fully rehabilitated she still had to go to a nursing home. Our Moeke had two wishes: To stay living at home, and to not be a burden on anyone. . At this point, I decided, along with my brother and sister, to care for her. There was some fragmented help available, but it wasn’t coordinated and full-time home care wasn’t possible either.
When you spend all the time, day and night, with your parent, it completely changes the parent-child relationship. That’s when we reached out to Isabelle for live-in care. After 9-10 months, our Moeke was able to live independently again and we are so pleased that we decided on live-in care.