full time adult end of life care
Due to family constraints, I cannot be too definitive in this question. We have a family member who has stage 4 cancer. No real prognosis, except he has maybe 3-4 months left. He is living alone at home. Family are trying to fly out from UK in weekly batches to look after him, but needless to say there are two who are taking the brunt and others who due to financial/work/school committments cannot get out more than once every 3 or 4 months. As is normal in most families. Horrible situation as the patient needs 24hour nursing rather than family being at his bedside.
My question is, does anyone know if there are any organisations in the area that will provide the nursing care at home, and at what cost? Will the SNS be able to provide palliative care for expats at home or in hodpital? He has residentia, I am unsure as yet of his medical insurance, so hopefully they might. Or is it best to look for hospice type care, if that exists in the town.
I really dont know the best questions to ask, but hopefully someone out there will be able to at least guide me to the right place to ask.