Dad fell at home 2 weeks ago and broke his femur. He also had a chest infection.
The hospital pinned the break and cared for him very well, but he has not yet regained any mobility.
This week he was transferred to a small district hospital only 3 miles from my mum (previous one was 20 miles away) for rehabilitation and physio.
We went to see him yesterday and he was very sleepy. I think they make have given him morphine? to ease the transfer as his pupils were very small and he was much more out of it than he was in the last days at the main hospital.
We already had SS funding in place for 5 2 hr care visits a week at home to help with washing and dressing. I have been told that we should have a SW allocated to look at the care Dad needs now. That didn't happen while he was in the main hospital and no-one has mentioned it yet following the transfer. Am I right about this? And if so, will the hospital put the allocation of a SW in motion or do I need to push? (I contacted SS when he fell to tell them he had been hospitalised as I wasn;t sure what to do about the ongoing payments which are direct payments and which I manage. They presumably put it on his records).
Also, I feel that mum and I need to look at homes that offer nursing care. But can anyone advise me on the criteria that the powers that be define use to decide whether "nursing care" is a requirement in terms of funding? We live in a rural area and some of the homes that offer nursing care are not specialist dementia homes.
It's all such a minefield and I am so confused and there is so much to do - and my poor lovely Dad in the middle of it all and my Mum struggling to cope. They have been married 63 years.......
Any advice or pointers most gratefully received.
Lesley
The hospital pinned the break and cared for him very well, but he has not yet regained any mobility.
This week he was transferred to a small district hospital only 3 miles from my mum (previous one was 20 miles away) for rehabilitation and physio.
We went to see him yesterday and he was very sleepy. I think they make have given him morphine? to ease the transfer as his pupils were very small and he was much more out of it than he was in the last days at the main hospital.
We already had SS funding in place for 5 2 hr care visits a week at home to help with washing and dressing. I have been told that we should have a SW allocated to look at the care Dad needs now. That didn't happen while he was in the main hospital and no-one has mentioned it yet following the transfer. Am I right about this? And if so, will the hospital put the allocation of a SW in motion or do I need to push? (I contacted SS when he fell to tell them he had been hospitalised as I wasn;t sure what to do about the ongoing payments which are direct payments and which I manage. They presumably put it on his records).
Also, I feel that mum and I need to look at homes that offer nursing care. But can anyone advise me on the criteria that the powers that be define use to decide whether "nursing care" is a requirement in terms of funding? We live in a rural area and some of the homes that offer nursing care are not specialist dementia homes.
It's all such a minefield and I am so confused and there is so much to do - and my poor lovely Dad in the middle of it all and my Mum struggling to cope. They have been married 63 years.......
Any advice or pointers most gratefully received.
Lesley