Hello everyone,
This is my first post here although I have been reading everyone else's for many months. I've been overwhelmed by the brave and loving carers and heartened by the support that so many people offer.
To introduce myself, my dad was diagnosed about three years ago but had been struggling for a long time previously. My mum died in 2009 and he struggled living alone. He moved to an assisted living apartment which was brilliant and then a residential care home which was also fabulous when his dementia got worse. He is now in a nursing home. I have two young children aged 4 and 6 and a job with no other family nearby so it has been difficult!
I have a question that I hope people will be able to offer some advice on...
My dad has recently moved to a nursing home following a five week stay in hospital. Before that he was in a residential home but the hospital assessed him as needing nursing care. He is not mobile, has prostate cancer, vascular dementia and alzheimers and numerous other issues such as lung disease and a heart complaint. I met with a discharge liaison nurse who completed a checklist with me to assess CHC funding which she said didn't meet the criteria. My dad is self funding and now pays £820 a week.
Basically I want to know your opinion on whether this should be appealed. From my limited knowledge, largely through TP, I think that it is very difficult to get this funding and when I googled it there seem to be many many solicitors who offer help to get this funding and often in retrospect. I suppose I am struggling with the fact that this is somehow 'wrong' ethically.
Does anyone have any experience with this? What are your views? Many thanks in anticipation x
This is my first post here although I have been reading everyone else's for many months. I've been overwhelmed by the brave and loving carers and heartened by the support that so many people offer.
To introduce myself, my dad was diagnosed about three years ago but had been struggling for a long time previously. My mum died in 2009 and he struggled living alone. He moved to an assisted living apartment which was brilliant and then a residential care home which was also fabulous when his dementia got worse. He is now in a nursing home. I have two young children aged 4 and 6 and a job with no other family nearby so it has been difficult!
I have a question that I hope people will be able to offer some advice on...
My dad has recently moved to a nursing home following a five week stay in hospital. Before that he was in a residential home but the hospital assessed him as needing nursing care. He is not mobile, has prostate cancer, vascular dementia and alzheimers and numerous other issues such as lung disease and a heart complaint. I met with a discharge liaison nurse who completed a checklist with me to assess CHC funding which she said didn't meet the criteria. My dad is self funding and now pays £820 a week.
Basically I want to know your opinion on whether this should be appealed. From my limited knowledge, largely through TP, I think that it is very difficult to get this funding and when I googled it there seem to be many many solicitors who offer help to get this funding and often in retrospect. I suppose I am struggling with the fact that this is somehow 'wrong' ethically.
Does anyone have any experience with this? What are your views? Many thanks in anticipation x