funding
I just wanted to pass on my experience of nursing home funding. My grandmother,sadly no longer with us, had alzheimers for about 12 years and my mother and I managed between us, to care for her at her home for as long as we could. In the end after she had refused any food and drink for about 5 days and physically lashed out if we tried to attend to her personal hygiene, we called the doctor out as she was becoming very frail. The doctor involved immediately phoned a social worker, a Community Psychiatric Nurse and a Doctor from the local Mental Health Unit. They all attended later that day and sectioned my grandmother under the Mental Health Act. It is very painful to think about that day as the doctors wanted to call an ambulance to take my grandmother to hospital, then they mentioned the police as she was quite violent and likely to put up a fight (not bad for a 6 stone, 5 foot lady!!). I refused all this, she was no criminal. She was a frightened old lady who hadn't left the house for 3 years (although she told us she went to town for lunch with her friend every day!). I part coaxed and part frog marched her into my car and drove her to the hospital. That was the saddest thing to do. I felt I was so cruel as we knew she would never return to these old familiar surroundings and she was leaving with only the clothes she had on.
Anyway, waffling now - whilst in hospital my grandmother fell and broke her hip and was placed in a local EMI nursing home. I do not remember the full details but as she was on some kind of mental health section all her nursing home fees were paid in full by the local authority.