Hi all
We have had some good news today. My dad has finally been assigned a “flexi bed”. The relief is unbelievable! He has been in hospital since early December after being admitted with a UTI. His condition has deteriorated rapidly and dementia has taken hold.
The hospital environment has been devastating for him.
We are celebrating this small victory and can’t quite believe that he will be in a home about three minutes away from his and my mum’s house.
However, there is still uncertainty! Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the flexi bed situation? We know it’s a means to assess his needs and capacity and that it isn’t permanent but that is all. Ideally we would like him to stay permanently in this home, due to proximity to my mum and the wider family and that it is somewhere he is agreeable to going (he’s not agreeable about much anymore)
Thank you for reading x
We have had some good news today. My dad has finally been assigned a “flexi bed”. The relief is unbelievable! He has been in hospital since early December after being admitted with a UTI. His condition has deteriorated rapidly and dementia has taken hold.
The hospital environment has been devastating for him.
We are celebrating this small victory and can’t quite believe that he will be in a home about three minutes away from his and my mum’s house.
However, there is still uncertainty! Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the flexi bed situation? We know it’s a means to assess his needs and capacity and that it isn’t permanent but that is all. Ideally we would like him to stay permanently in this home, due to proximity to my mum and the wider family and that it is somewhere he is agreeable to going (he’s not agreeable about much anymore)
Thank you for reading x