This post is extremely difficult…. Our mother passed away in January. Mom was a self funder and over 8 years in care spent £300,000 + She was 99 years old when she passed. Putting her in care was the most difficult decision we ever made. She had dementia and we had a young family that couldn’t cope. We tried to get mom out of the care home in April 2021 as things had changed at home. The care home was reluctant to let go. We asked for care plans that took 3 months to reach us. When they did we were in shock that they didn’t reflex mom at all. She was a bag of bones being kept alive using supplements and sub cuts. Covid didn’t help the situation as when we wanted to visit we couldn’t and when we could things were staged. Complaints made to the home and CQC ,! Social for safe guarding with no real outcome…. Left our family totally broken
We finally got mom home in Jan 2022 and she passed away 9 days later. Not the months to a year the care home stated in their files . Is anyone else going through this. We have asked for moms care and medical notes but have been quoted £500 to get copies…
When she arrived home we had the gp and district nurses examine her. The district nurse fast tracked her for CHC and was in shock that she was not already receiving this in the care home. Unfortunately mom never got the help she rightfully deserved that a system she paid into and then lost her home too. We’re left broken and angry that there’s no help for people that have no liberty and when family try to help we get treated the same. There are no best interests here other then care homes trying to keep their income. Moms best interests were never considered….
We finally got mom home in Jan 2022 and she passed away 9 days later. Not the months to a year the care home stated in their files . Is anyone else going through this. We have asked for moms care and medical notes but have been quoted £500 to get copies…
When she arrived home we had the gp and district nurses examine her. The district nurse fast tracked her for CHC and was in shock that she was not already receiving this in the care home. Unfortunately mom never got the help she rightfully deserved that a system she paid into and then lost her home too. We’re left broken and angry that there’s no help for people that have no liberty and when family try to help we get treated the same. There are no best interests here other then care homes trying to keep their income. Moms best interests were never considered….