My first time of posting so hope I get this right. We have a 93 yr old neighbour who has been taken into hospital with pneumonia. We had contacted the doctor several times during the preceding 10 days. The doctor wanted social services involved but she didn't want that but eventually agreed to 'may be talk about it'. The neighbour lives on her own has no means to cook a meal (cooker was condemned last yr and so every other day she has gone to a coffee shop for a meal. She is a widow, no children but has a relative who lives quite some distance away and she sees two / three times a yr. Over the recent years she has called upon us more and more for little things and concerns e.g. Help with a leaky roof / getting someone in to mend a fence / sorting out her TV when it went funny and more recently when she got confused over her medication and phoning in the night as she was confused as to the time. ( we think that was due to her being poorly though) She is a very private independent person so to ask for help has been a big step for her. When she asked for help as she was finding it difficult to breath she let us into her house a little further than just the lounge. The state of the kitchen indicated that she probably hasn't been looking after herself. We gave it a tidy and made sure that she had clean plates and cups etc. She is now in hospital and quite poorly. In circumstances like this will she be offered a care package when she is well enough to be released and who organises this? We know it's not our responsibility but we think she is quite vulnerable and could do with some help. We are going to visit her in hospital. We have no experience of a situation like this. Are there still things like 'meals on wheels'? Any advice appreciated. TIA
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?