on โ06-08-2020 09:32 AM
My 93 year old friend does not drive or use a computer. She lives alone in a retirement village. Her nearest relative is in regional Victoria. I am her "unofficial" carer. For the past few years I have taken her shopping, to Doctors etc. We live 2 kms from each other in Melb. metro area.
My question is : Can I still pick her up in my car and take her to the Supermarket?
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on โ06-08-2020 08:08 PM
@silvernanny22 wrote:My 93 year old friend does not drive or use a computer. She lives alone in a retirement village. Her nearest relative is in regional Victoria. I am her "unofficial" carer. For the past few years I have taken her shopping, to Doctors etc. We live 2 kms from each other in Melb. metro area.
My question is : Can I still pick her up in my car and take her to the Supermarket?
If your friend has items she regularly likes to buy I'd go through any old lists and your memory and start compiling a mega list of everything you can remember she has wanted at the supermarket. That way if the rules get even stricter you can call her and ask what she'd like and check them off your master list and go and buy them for her.
on โ06-08-2020 10:01 AM
Personally I would call her get her shopping list pick
up what she requires and drop it off without contact.
on โ06-08-2020 10:17 AM
Thanks Freddie, That's always been on the option list , but I had just wondered if it was legally permissable. You know what it's like with 'vintage' people ... there will always be something that she forgot and desparately needs.
on โ06-08-2020 10:51 AM
I am pretty sure you can. Remember reading about it, it comes under care & caregiving.
You are in a very lucky position as you live close to her so you don't even have to go out of your area. Just make sure you shop locally and you should be right.
You can most definitely take her to medical appointments and that applies even if they are out of the 5km area.
on โ06-08-2020 10:51 AM
I meant to say I hope your kindness is appreciated. I wonder how many
aged folk are battling in this climate without good people like yourself.
Thank you for your kindness.
I'm unsure about the legalities but i'm sure someone will know.
โ06-08-2020 10:55 AM - edited โ06-08-2020 11:00 AM
I can't get relevant sections to cut & paste here but it says medical services can be accessed anywhere in Vic.
Also saw this:
โ06-08-2020 11:06 AM - edited โ06-08-2020 11:07 AM
I came across this. It isn't relevant to the OP but it suprised me!
You cannot have visitors or go to another personโs house unless it is for the purpose of giving or receiving care. You can leave your house to visit a person if you are in an โintimate personal relationshipโ with them, even during curfew hours. That is, there is no โbonk banโ.
If your partner lives outside Melbourne and/or 5km of your home you can still visit them. If you stay at your partnerโs place after 8pm, you must stay there until the next morning. That is, you canโt go home from there between 8pm and 5am.
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Does this surprise anyone else? I can sort of understand people are allowed to visit a partner but really, couldn't they get there before curfew? If they are driving direct from work, that is another matter I suppose.
on โ06-08-2020 11:13 AM
@springyzone wrote:I came across this. It isn't relevant to the OP but it suprised me!
You cannot have visitors or go to another personโs house unless it is for the purpose of giving or receiving care. You can leave your house to visit a person if you are in an โintimate personal relationshipโ with them, even during curfew hours. That is, there is no โbonk banโ.
If your partner lives outside Melbourne and/or 5km of your home you can still visit them. If you stay at your partnerโs place after 8pm, you must stay there until the next morning. That is, you canโt go home from there between 8pm and 5am.
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Does this surprise anyone else? I can sort of understand people are allowed to visit a partner but really, couldn't they get there before curfew? If they are driving direct from work, that is another matter I suppose.
That sounds like normal living conditions in the country
on โ06-08-2020 11:22 AM
We're talking metro Melbourne, not the country.
on โ06-08-2020 11:54 AM
springy there are so many grey aereas and inconsistencies.