Hi everyone,
I have just got back from Scotland where I visited mum in a place called Lochgilphead at the Argyll & Bute Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) she has been taken there for what they call an assessment as the social workers that visited her at her sheltered home were begining to find it difficult as she has developed toilet problems and becomes a bit violent. It looks like it will be a long stay. I live in England so sorting anything out is a nightmare.
The place is so depressing, just like one flew over the cuckoos nest. I cry every time i think of her in there. The staff are good though, it's just the place and the fact that everyone in there is the same or worse than mum, which means she is surrounded by confused and sometimes violent people. I met up with a lovely social worker who has said that mum will most probably not be allowed to go home back to her sheltered house as she is no longer able to look after herself and has started to get a bit violent. This is so depressing for me and my sister and brother. I now have the task of looking for what will probably have to be a 'nursing home'. We would like to move her from Rothesay, Isle of Bute to Glasgow where my sister and brother live. Trouble is, none of us know of a home and as there are so many we want to make sure we get a good one.
Does anyone know of a good nursing home in Glasgow, or does anyone know where I can find out about them??
Unfortunately i'm the one who is furthest away but i do all the sorting out and it will be difficult for me to visit homes although i'm sure I can direct my sister to some.
Anyone got any ideas??
I have just got back from Scotland where I visited mum in a place called Lochgilphead at the Argyll & Bute Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) she has been taken there for what they call an assessment as the social workers that visited her at her sheltered home were begining to find it difficult as she has developed toilet problems and becomes a bit violent. It looks like it will be a long stay. I live in England so sorting anything out is a nightmare.
The place is so depressing, just like one flew over the cuckoos nest. I cry every time i think of her in there. The staff are good though, it's just the place and the fact that everyone in there is the same or worse than mum, which means she is surrounded by confused and sometimes violent people. I met up with a lovely social worker who has said that mum will most probably not be allowed to go home back to her sheltered house as she is no longer able to look after herself and has started to get a bit violent. This is so depressing for me and my sister and brother. I now have the task of looking for what will probably have to be a 'nursing home'. We would like to move her from Rothesay, Isle of Bute to Glasgow where my sister and brother live. Trouble is, none of us know of a home and as there are so many we want to make sure we get a good one.
Does anyone know of a good nursing home in Glasgow, or does anyone know where I can find out about them??
Unfortunately i'm the one who is furthest away but i do all the sorting out and it will be difficult for me to visit homes although i'm sure I can direct my sister to some.
Anyone got any ideas??