My Dad is and expat living in Spain near Almeria. He is outside of the town and relatively isolated. He lives with his commonlaw wife. They moved out to Spain over 20 years ago and have lived quite independantly.
In December 2018 my dad collapsed and was diagnosed with a grade 4 Glioblastoma.
Part of the tumour was removed and he then underwent 6 weeks of radiotherapy. He was then sent home and consultants told him they were pleased with his response to the treatment.
He is struggling to come to terms with the severity of his diagnosis and most recently the tumour appears to have grown back rapidly and is affecting his speech and mobility. Neither him nor his partner have confronted the emotional side of this directly. It is a real concern. They have told me there is a 2 month waiting list to be able to benefit from a support worker to come and help around the home. I visited last week and they are clearly struggling, they do not have much disposable income and simple tasks around the home are now becoming overwhelming. He collapsed 2 days ago and couldn’t get up for several hours.
In the past few days his partner has told me that they have made contact with a Marie Curie Nurse who may be able to come out to speak to them. This finally seems like a step in the right direction.
Living in the UK i feel quite helpless in supporting them and wondered if anyone can give advice about support networks or have been in a similar situation.
