care for the elderly in thailand

[Caroline Page]

Hi does anyone have experience of bringing an elderly relative over to Thailand to be cared for. My mother in law is in Australia in a residential home (low care) and has just been assess as needing to go to high care. This absolutely horrifies me as I have not found a high care facility in Perth that has the capacity to provide proper dignity based care. She is very mentally alert, no great medical problems other than being immobile (she is confined to a wheelchair)

We are therefore thinking of buying a house in our village and employing two or three full time carers to look after her (the house will be big enough for her to have one or two live in/stay overnight) . Does anyone have any experience of doing this in terms of the quality of staff that one can employ here, emergency treatment for the elderly (eg in case of heart attack or similar) or indeed if it is possible to buy specialised equipment such as hoist, disabled equipment for bathrooms etc?

Also, does anyone have any idea of cost of good quality care staff who speak some English (think MIL is too old to start learning Thai)

We live south of Hua Hin

Thanks in advance for any experiences shared - it's a great responsibilty to bring someone over of this age and just want to be sure that if it's practical that we do everything possible to make things comfortable and enjoyable for her

[gamini]

we are old and have someone to look after us. Hua Hin has good medical facilities The government run Hua Hin Hospital is very good and not expensive. I think you would have nto pay a caregiver who can drive and look after your mother about Bt15,000 a month plus food and accomodation. Plus maybe a servant to do cooking and house work.

[Mario2008]

Double topic.

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