I live alone, and over the years have been badly let down by social services, to the extent that I told the last one to leave.  I was having 'help' with showering which meant I was paying while she looked at her phone.  When or if I get chemotherapy what 'help' on offer seems little more than shoving a ready meal in the microwave,  which I will be able to do for free at a time that suits me.  But what about everything else,  especially shopping and washing, changing the bed and cleaning?  I have nobody.