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Perhaps it might be better for an occupational therapist to access his capabilities then that way he is getting a fair chance and you are not struggling to cope with what must be a challenging situation- jl

mine has her remote in her mouth,.............she says make me a cuppa........ and i do it!!

I am not struggling Janet. I know him.

Those who have been involved in his assessments have always been very impressed with what he can do.

We will go through the stand-off period as we always do.Then he will finally have a go and find he can do it.

I gave him the remote on his first evening back home from the hospital. He tried to tell me he couldn't use it and I explained that he would have to watch that channel day and night until he could. He thought it might be a good idea to have a go and found he could do it after all.

I bought my mum a box at christmas, the change over starts next month where she lives, when it was installed her comment was "you should not be paying for this the goverment should has they are the ones that want this". Every time I go down shes not got the box turned on, and if I say anything to her she just says I'll learn how to do it when the time comes.

About five years ago I bought her a new tv but she would not have the the tv with box because in her words I might not be around when we change over, talk having to eat your words. Mind you she is 89.

Is she looking for a husband?

He's probably pretending. The minute you've gone he's flicking through the channels, plugging his x-box in and having a whale of a time.

How do you know him then?

My mates old dad was bed ridden but they seemed to have burglars every time she nipped out to the shops.

There has been a huge amount of help offered. I doubt it could have been carried out more efficiently.

We have had all the correspondence and we already had the set-top box. I prepared early so that he would be ready. You can lead a horse to water.

My mum moans about everything not just the box now we're not going see her 90th birthday on christmas day, more the lighty she will see me out

Doctor says he is going to go on for ever.

Picture it now. No more worlds, no more sun, no more galaxies. Just a wheelchair rolling on through space with an old bugger moaning about his tele box!

Aaw!!, just like the skiing cooker in 'A Grand Day Out'! :-D :-D