Mum went into a care home today after 5 weeks on a short stay hospital ward. The Best Interests meeting and care home assessment was yesterday. I had to travel back very early this morning for a meeting I couldn't get out of. We didn't realise that Mum would go in today. I spent the weekend washing, labelling and packing at Mum's house and I am so sad that I couldn't be there for Mum today. Today has seemed endless. My sister will call me later to let me know how things have gone. All Mum wanted to do was go back to her bungalow and go back to how things were before. At the moment she is accepting that she is there for one week's convalescence but when we were visiting the ward last night my sister said she thinks Mum knows she isn't going back home.
The ward Mum was on was a nine bed ward but Mum seemed to think she was in a room on her own. I just wondered if it was unusual to have such a lack of awareness about surroundings. We are happy with the care Mum received whilst in hospital. The doctor
stopped to talk to her in the corridor last night even though he was on his way home. Apart from one nurse who was horrible and seemed to bring the mood of the whole ward down when she was on duty, we found all the nurses were really kind to Mum and had spent time getting to know her. Our only complaint was that the assessment took a long time.
Turbo
The ward Mum was on was a nine bed ward but Mum seemed to think she was in a room on her own. I just wondered if it was unusual to have such a lack of awareness about surroundings. We are happy with the care Mum received whilst in hospital. The doctor
stopped to talk to her in the corridor last night even though he was on his way home. Apart from one nurse who was horrible and seemed to bring the mood of the whole ward down when she was on duty, we found all the nurses were really kind to Mum and had spent time getting to know her. Our only complaint was that the assessment took a long time.
Turbo