Isobel slept until about 9am; there were not many interruptions during the night. The morning was relaxed, without too many problems. Tracey Cook rung to confirm a place had been found for Isobel, it would certainly be finalised this week. Iona arrived fairly late and soon afterwards took another 'phone call from Tracey Cook. She confirmed that a place suitable for Isobel had been identified in New Eltham. Over the past couple of weeks a problem had been that because of Isobel's combination of serious nursing requirements together with behavioral and mental heath issues, very few nursing homes could cope with her. Most of these were licenced to take over 65s only (and tended to contain mainly people in their 80s and 90s) and so could not legally take her. Tracey said that there was a suitable home in New Eltham that although mainly for old people had a young persons unit. In principle they would take her but wanted to do an assessment here, probably later this afternoon.

Iona went home soon after 2pm. The rest of the afternoon was problem free but nothing was heard from the nursing home who will presumably be in contact in the morning.

At 5.30pm. there was a sudden change in Isobel's behavior. We had been sitting quietly on the bed before dinner when Isobel began to talk about the need to go at once to Norfolk. This topic had not been raised since sedation begun. Within a minute the shouting and swearing that we had not heard for a couple of weeks began again. This continued for about an hour. Isobel refused food and drink and eventually fell asleep exhausted shortly before 7pm. After about an hour, Euan and I decided the best course was to allow her to sleep on and offer food, drink and the evening sedative tablet when she awoke.