Hi
My mum has been in hospital now for 6 weeks and yesterday I attended a best interest meeting at the hospital where it was decided that mum.. Whilst medically fit for discharge... is too high risk to return to her own home and have stated she needs to attend a care / residential home. This will be for approx 3 to 4 months whilst her needs are continued to be assessed.
My mum would be local authority funded. My mum is west Sussex authority. The social worker said at the meeting she will provide a list of available homes for mum ... so I was shocked that the list ... out of the 150 homes in that area ... consisted of 4 that had avaibillty within the budget of the local authority ... call me nieve I thought there would be a few more to choose from ... so having looked at the options they are not what we want mum to go into... she needs a home with dementia care ..the ones they gave us had shared rooms in a house ... question is what happens if we say we don't want mum to go to any of those ... neither myself or my sister are in a position to top up the fees ... any advice would be appreciated kind regards Dee
My mum has been in hospital now for 6 weeks and yesterday I attended a best interest meeting at the hospital where it was decided that mum.. Whilst medically fit for discharge... is too high risk to return to her own home and have stated she needs to attend a care / residential home. This will be for approx 3 to 4 months whilst her needs are continued to be assessed.
My mum would be local authority funded. My mum is west Sussex authority. The social worker said at the meeting she will provide a list of available homes for mum ... so I was shocked that the list ... out of the 150 homes in that area ... consisted of 4 that had avaibillty within the budget of the local authority ... call me nieve I thought there would be a few more to choose from ... so having looked at the options they are not what we want mum to go into... she needs a home with dementia care ..the ones they gave us had shared rooms in a house ... question is what happens if we say we don't want mum to go to any of those ... neither myself or my sister are in a position to top up the fees ... any advice would be appreciated kind regards Dee