‘We want to keep her with us until she passes’

The family of a woman with rapidly advancing Alzheimer’s, who have been waiting almost five years for a housing adaptation grant, have made an emotional appeal to the Government to help them continue caring for her at home.

The Mulhall family in Cork opened the doors of their local authority home in Mahon yesterday to show the difficulties they face caring for Marilyn in a house not suited to her changing needs.

They said releasing a grant now to pay for an extension would save the State extensive institutional care costs in the long run.