About 6 months ago, I was talking about mum falling all the time, mainly during the evening/night. I asked did mum need 1:1, and that I might be prepared to help pay for extra 1:1
Move on 6 months, and after CHC meeting on 26th Jan, where it was stated by care home they could manage mum, that she wasn't high priority for 1:1 due to her falls, I was asked today, just under two weeks later, whether I was still willing to pay for 1:1 as she was needing more 1:1 during the night
I asked the cost. £19.50 per hour
They were not 100% sure how many hours were needed as it was still only early days (fishing expedition I suppose)
For financial planning I did a calculation of 3 hours per night, per week.
We already pay over £3,500 per month and 1:1 at 3hrs would push it over £5,000
1) are they allowed to legally ask for payment of 1:1
2) do you think this is their way of preparing the family for the news that mum needs to move care home, despite them telling me that's the last thing they want to happen
3) mum been in care home nearly 3 years, would it be fair to move her now, keeping in mind she does have the finances for 1:1, it would just bring the LA into play a couple of years earlier than existing finance obligations would cause
4) someone please tell me what I should do,
5) or rather, what their opinion is and how they would handle it
Move on 6 months, and after CHC meeting on 26th Jan, where it was stated by care home they could manage mum, that she wasn't high priority for 1:1 due to her falls, I was asked today, just under two weeks later, whether I was still willing to pay for 1:1 as she was needing more 1:1 during the night
I asked the cost. £19.50 per hour
They were not 100% sure how many hours were needed as it was still only early days (fishing expedition I suppose)
For financial planning I did a calculation of 3 hours per night, per week.
We already pay over £3,500 per month and 1:1 at 3hrs would push it over £5,000
1) are they allowed to legally ask for payment of 1:1
2) do you think this is their way of preparing the family for the news that mum needs to move care home, despite them telling me that's the last thing they want to happen
3) mum been in care home nearly 3 years, would it be fair to move her now, keeping in mind she does have the finances for 1:1, it would just bring the LA into play a couple of years earlier than existing finance obligations would cause
4) someone please tell me what I should do,
5) or rather, what their opinion is and how they would handle it