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Hi Minlady
Mum was 85 when her visa meds were done. She is disabled after breaking her back a few years ago. Because of that she needs a zimmer frame to walk indoors at home. She needs a wheelchair for anything more.
The MOC asked for a geriatrician's report. He wanted the geriatrician to comment on the following:
Does Mum have all her mental marbles?
How independent is she in "activities of daily living"?
What is her general state of health?
Does she need residential care either now or in the foreseeable fiture?
Is the able to make the long flight to Oz on her own?
Well - she was in Oz when she saw the geriatrician! We had frontloaded her visa meds in the UK and the Panel Doctor was not expecting to be asked to send her to a geriatrician, so Mum went to Perth. That took care of that question. As for the rest, she was and remains fine. The geriatrician confirmed this and that was the end of it. Mum was given an unconditional OK on her meds.
As long as Parents are basically healthy they certainly don't worry about routine ailments associated with great age, and the real fear (it seems to me) is whether or not they might need residential care.
Best wishes
Gill
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