Rosie drove me over to take Karola out for a snack. Beforehand I had quite a long chat with Jodi about a report made recenty on Karola’s condition. The report made last week while Jodi was on holiday documented the difficulties Karola were having with the staff and how Karola’s physical and mental health had declined markedly over the last few months. The upshot was that the assessor, from the DHB’s department of Older Person’s Mental Health, concluded Karola needs the next level of care, physio-geriatric level 5. Summerset Palms are not equipped to provide that level of care and so we need to find a place elsewhere for Karola. This was not a pleasant finding but they seem implacible. Bridget, Gill,, Jenny & Noel, and Marcus family know and are helping begin the search. So far we’ve only found two places which offer level 5 support in Hawkes Bay, both of them close but very likely fully occupied. <arcus has kindly offered to take me to see these esyablishments tomorrow. Bridget is finding out from Jodi how much time we have and whether Karola being removed from the Old People’s Mental Health register for Hawkes Bay has financial implications.

Marcus took the dogs for their walk around the orchard today, including Bangle.

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