Hello again!
Yesterday evening I was leaving for an orchestra rehearsal when the carer turned up. Dad was okay when he first met this carer but the following week she was forced to leave and last night I introduced them again and he told her to leave. Therefore when she came out of the living room I suggested that she sit in the kitchen and just keep an eye on things. She did this and I left. Now I couldn't turn on my mobile phone because I was going to a rehearsal but when I got there was a phone call from my youngest brother saying that the care agency had rung and that we can't go on like this so you should do something or I will. I then read the care plan and it seemed that dad had come into the kitchen and told the carer to leave. The carer, who can't spell properly, said that dad was violent or rather 'vilent' when he asked her to leave so she left but apparently he followed her out to the car and began knocking on the car window asking her to take the care plan. He was also saying that he pays rent for the house that he actually bought and as this is his house he doesn't want her, the carer, in it.
Anyway I get back from rehearsal to find this and obviously the agency tried to phone me but couldn't get through. When I read the word 'vilent' I didn't know what to think because dad has never been like this with any of us. Anyway the care manager phoned the next day and said that dad hadn't been violent but very aggressive but of course we can't go on like this. He has been aggressive with carers before but not like this. The care manager said that we'll see what he's like on Saturday with the next carer but otherwise he may need to go to the doctor to get medication for his aggression. I phoned the Alzheimers society today and they suggested that the agency either gets another carer and that I could get another agency involved to cover the extra care. This week has been tough what with the leader of my orchestra having terminal cancer.
MaNaAk
Yesterday evening I was leaving for an orchestra rehearsal when the carer turned up. Dad was okay when he first met this carer but the following week she was forced to leave and last night I introduced them again and he told her to leave. Therefore when she came out of the living room I suggested that she sit in the kitchen and just keep an eye on things. She did this and I left. Now I couldn't turn on my mobile phone because I was going to a rehearsal but when I got there was a phone call from my youngest brother saying that the care agency had rung and that we can't go on like this so you should do something or I will. I then read the care plan and it seemed that dad had come into the kitchen and told the carer to leave. The carer, who can't spell properly, said that dad was violent or rather 'vilent' when he asked her to leave so she left but apparently he followed her out to the car and began knocking on the car window asking her to take the care plan. He was also saying that he pays rent for the house that he actually bought and as this is his house he doesn't want her, the carer, in it.
Anyway I get back from rehearsal to find this and obviously the agency tried to phone me but couldn't get through. When I read the word 'vilent' I didn't know what to think because dad has never been like this with any of us. Anyway the care manager phoned the next day and said that dad hadn't been violent but very aggressive but of course we can't go on like this. He has been aggressive with carers before but not like this. The care manager said that we'll see what he's like on Saturday with the next carer but otherwise he may need to go to the doctor to get medication for his aggression. I phoned the Alzheimers society today and they suggested that the agency either gets another carer and that I could get another agency involved to cover the extra care. This week has been tough what with the leader of my orchestra having terminal cancer.
MaNaAk
