Brenda's story
Brenda’s husband, Geoff, spent
all of his working life with Britannic Assurance.
Soon after retirement his health started to deteriorate
and he was diagnosed with a condition known as multi-farct,
whereby a series of mini strokes gradually kill off
brain cells over a period of time. As is often the
case, only those close to the sufferer recognise
the early signs and Brenda found that she was having
to spend more and more time with Geoff even though,
to the outside world, he seemed to be in reasonable
health.
As Geoff’s condition deteriorated it became
clear that Brenda could no longer care for him at
home. A local Home was found which could provide
an appropriate level of care but Brenda spent many
sleepless nights worrying about how the fees could
be met. She had almost resigned herself to the fact
that she would need to sell the couple’s modest
house when she found out about us.
We were able to help with both the shortfall between
Geoff’s income and expenditure in the Home
as well as supplement Brenda’s meagre income
from the state so that she could meet normal day-to-day
living expenses. Brenda was therefore able to get
on with visiting Geoff on a regular basis, in a Home
where he was well cared for, whilst continuing to
enjoy a degree of independence by maintaining her
property and running her small car.
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