My mother was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer in February and passed away on Sunday morning. I’ve got a mixture of emotions at the moment with frustration and anger being the main one at the moment. My father has cared for her during the whole time and I feel they haven’t received any advice or guidance on what support they were entitled to. I came across McMillan website only a few weeks ago and passed details to them to ensure they could receive the financial support they could as regular hospital visits, car parking charges, increased heating bills etc were all becoming expensive. I wish I had just taken control of the situation for them as they were obviously busy with the various hospital appointments, day to day living etc so didn’t they have a spare 5 minutes to sort out.
We thought we had a few more months with her until she was admitted to hospital on Tuesday night, went down hill quickly and died on Sunday morning. It’s all happened so quickly and my father is now left with the financial burden whilst at the same time trying to process the loss of his wife. I feel so guilty I just didn’t sort everything for them. Is there anything I can do to ensure he is able to make a back dated claim?
Hi and welcome to the Online Community, a Community that no one ever really plans to see themselves joining, and so sorry to hear about the passing of your mum. Do accept my deepest condolences.
A death in the family brings a lot of confusion, stress and many questions but talking with other people who are on the same type of journey helps a lot.
The Community has various support groups so can I direct you to our Bereaved family and friends group as this is the place where you will connect with others walking the same journey.
Follow the above link then choose ‘click to join' or ‘join’ when the page opens.
You can then introduce yourself, post questions or just join in with existing discussions by clicking on 'reply'.
Could I strongly advise you call the Macmillan Support Services as this provides lots of information, support or just a listing ear.
The service is open every day 8am to 8pm and it's free to call on 0808 808 00 00 have a look by Clicking here for more information.
You can also email them, use the online chat and we also have our Ask an Expert section, but do allow two working days for replies from our expert team.
All the very best and a virtual ((hug))
