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Hi my mother in law has 3 types of cancer and is terminal. The problem we have is she owns  her own house ( no mortgage) but can no longer use the stairs. She has gone into respite for a week but hates it. She would like to rent a bungalow short term rather than go into hospice , is there any services out there available that rent this type of property short term ? I am clueless 

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    Hi maundy if your mum is normally mobile would it be less messing about to price up a stair lift, then no moving problems. Up to you and your mum of course. Good luck.............. Billy 

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    I agree with Billy. Making adjustments to your mum in law's home will be far less traumatic for her than moving her to a new home. Have you spoken to Adult Services regarding anything they can provide to help with mil's care & quality of life (commode etc). Perhaps moving her bed downstairs will be helpful. 

    Good luck,

    Angie

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    Thank you for your reply, yes we had all this in place and ready to go and then she decided that she could t deal with the mess and didn't want anything to ruin her house. This is all so very sad as such a proud lady 

    Many thanks

    Mandy 

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    Thank you for your reply, we were due to have a commode delivered and bed downstairs last week, but it never turned out right. A walking frame is being delivered tomorrow but no sign of bed or commode. But, now she is refusing a bed as will mess her house up and she want to remember it as it was. She said she would be happy to rent a bungalow and thought maybe there may have been a way to do this rather than go through a 8 week process through letting agency as not 100% if we have that time frame left. We just want to do the right thing. We have contacted all the right people and Monday tomorrow so should get some calls

    Many thanks

    Mandy  

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