Hi
Not sure if I am in the right forum, but here goes.
Mum is in a residential care home. She "escaped" (their word) a few weeks ago and managed to hotfoot about two miles down the road before the police caught up with her. Social services have arranged a safeguarding meeting for tomorrow, that my sister and I are attending. I've not been to one of these before, so I'm not sure what to expect.
Care home want to move mum to the dementia wing when a place becomes available but this is an extra £100+ a week (mum is self-funding), also, I think her behaviours will escalate as the unit is much small than the main home and she does like to move about. Also, there will be less people for her to socialise with. It gets quietly lively in the residential unit and I think she would be very bored in the dementia unit. I think she will then deteriorate quite rapidly but who knows....
Social services, when they spoke to me on the phone said that they can do this, that and the other without being very specific, so I don't know what they can insist we do. I am worried that they will insist she moves to the dementia unit, then when her money runs out, refuse to carry on funding her there...
Any advice?
Thank you
Plum
Not sure if I am in the right forum, but here goes.
Mum is in a residential care home. She "escaped" (their word) a few weeks ago and managed to hotfoot about two miles down the road before the police caught up with her. Social services have arranged a safeguarding meeting for tomorrow, that my sister and I are attending. I've not been to one of these before, so I'm not sure what to expect.
Care home want to move mum to the dementia wing when a place becomes available but this is an extra £100+ a week (mum is self-funding), also, I think her behaviours will escalate as the unit is much small than the main home and she does like to move about. Also, there will be less people for her to socialise with. It gets quietly lively in the residential unit and I think she would be very bored in the dementia unit. I think she will then deteriorate quite rapidly but who knows....
Social services, when they spoke to me on the phone said that they can do this, that and the other without being very specific, so I don't know what they can insist we do. I am worried that they will insist she moves to the dementia unit, then when her money runs out, refuse to carry on funding her there...
Any advice?
Thank you
Plum