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What is she doing?

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kircubbin2000 Tue 23-Jan-24 13:27:20

Several of my neighbours now have carers several times a day. I'm intrigued by one lady in her 80s. I know she was in hospital a few months ago but she walks to the shops twice a day, a short stroll.
The girl who is the carer has just been and by the time I boiled the kettle she has gone!
What on earth could she do in those few minutes? This happens every day.

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Gwyllt Tue 23-Jan-24 13:52:55

Perhaps she is supervising meds or some vitals Or just checking she has not disappeared

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pinkquartz Tue 23-Jan-24 14:00:00

many visits are only 15 mins long.
I think it is more a check that the person is still alive !
If they are lucky help with dressing or cup of tea.

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fancythat Tue 23-Jan-24 14:00:28

I know someone who used to have a carer in to put in eye drops. For both husband and wife from what I can remember.
He was going blind and wife has dementia.
He used to say a carer came in twice a day for 5 mins.

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kircubbin2000 Tue 23-Jan-24 14:37:41

It was probably about 1 or 2 minutes at the most.Its a pity they don't have time for a chat.

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Witzend Tue 23-Jan-24 14:46:44

Probably meds.
My mother was supposed to have someone round every day to make sure she took her Alzheimer’s medication, but she would hardly ever let them in. Thanks to her shot-to-pieces memory it was, ‘What medication? I’m not on any medication - there’s nothing wrong with me!’

If she’d been a chatty, sociable type, who’d welcome just about anyone, it might have worked, but alas, she was not - they were sent packing!

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