We will definitely be going through stuff to downsize in future. I don’t think there will be many decisions about his stuff, most of it is going straight in the dumpster. I think we will all take special joy in finally being able to toss the broken toaster in the shed that he for some reason decided was valuable enough to take when they moved house 🤣 Fortunately the worst of his junk hoard was dealt with before they moved, but he did manage to bring over a surprising amount. Mum mostly has an oversupply of linen.

I have been helping with the cleaning a bit too, she is supposed to have a fortnighly cleaner through aged care every fortnight but they are not very reliable and if the cleaner can’t make it for some reason it ends up being a month.

So far Dad has refused to use any sort of mobility aids. He looks incredibly unstable and has already had a couple of falls but unless he’s completely physically unable to get there I don’t think he’ll accept any sort of assistance.