My mother seems to be declining quite rapidly with her dementia (diagnosed in Feb 19) and every time I visit, which is once a week due to my location and shifts, I have noticed it more as the weeks are going past. She has been asking to go into a home for a while now but social services have said she isn't bad enough but she had a visit from the doctor a couple of weeks ago and he said she would probably be better going into a home. He has sent a recommendation to her CPN that she moves. She has 3 visits a day from carers.
My sister and I have are both attorneys on her POA's (we have both) and my mother couldn't realistically make the decision to move herself, so, can my sister and myself make this decision for her that she needs to move and would social services have to act upon it?
Now when it comes to moving into a home she has a house to sell to start with so she would be self funding. Obviously that money won't last forever, possibly 4 years from my calculations, depending on how long she lives for. I also understand that the local authority can offer a bridging loan to pay for her place until the house is sold.
When it comes to finding her a home to move to are we allowed any say in where she goes to or will social services choose where she goes? I realise we need to be mindful that she could run out of money and end up relying on the place being paid for. Would it be advisable to choose a place that will accept council funding to prevent her having the possibility of being moved again?
My sister and I have are both attorneys on her POA's (we have both) and my mother couldn't realistically make the decision to move herself, so, can my sister and myself make this decision for her that she needs to move and would social services have to act upon it?
Now when it comes to moving into a home she has a house to sell to start with so she would be self funding. Obviously that money won't last forever, possibly 4 years from my calculations, depending on how long she lives for. I also understand that the local authority can offer a bridging loan to pay for her place until the house is sold.
When it comes to finding her a home to move to are we allowed any say in where she goes to or will social services choose where she goes? I realise we need to be mindful that she could run out of money and end up relying on the place being paid for. Would it be advisable to choose a place that will accept council funding to prevent her having the possibility of being moved again?