DISTRAUGHT: Blackburn man in battle to stop wife going into nursing home

[annie]

A DISTRAUGHT husband has vowed to fight ‘tooth and nail’ to get his bedridden wife of 58 years home from hospital.

Richard McDermott is at loggerheads with health bosses over the care of Edith, 77, who has been in Royal Blackburn since suffering a stroke in September.

She has lost the use of her left arm and leg, and can no longer sit up on her own. She is fed through a tube in her stomach and requires constant care, Mr McDermott said.

The 82-year-old has been told by medical staff she needs 24-hour care by qualified staff at a care home.

But he believes she should be looked after at home and has said he will fight legal proceedings launched in order to move her into residential care

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[Honey]

I hope he reads this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -home.html

[Honey]

and this
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ar ... rers_move/

[Honey]

its so wrong that a married couple should be separated due to care needs.
they should be helped to stay together.
x

[Misspears]

I hope they stay together

Ann x