Hi All,
My husband Jim has been in an Assessment Ward now for 8 weeks, he was taken in with violent aggression, in the time he has been there he has had his Aricept stopped, had an infection, is now doubley incontinent, unable to feed himself, cannot stand or walk, he is put in and out of bed with a hoist etc. When I saw his Consultant 3 weeks ago he said that he would need and EMI Unit when he left the ward. He is now in a more stable condition and I have a feeling that it will now not be long before he gets his discharge, I have looked around the Units and found I hope a suitable one, not my first choice, but there was a long waiting list for my first choice.
The wheels were set in motion and last week I had a meeting with a Finance Officer from the Council, she explained the low, middle and high payments to cover his nursing care, then she added that I should ask for a continuous NHS care assessment. Has anyone any knowledge of this, or has anyone been given full payment of a Care Home after this Assessment.also as Jim will start as self funding has anyone come across the procedure of charging more for self funding patients, I spoke to one home last week which was £100 per week more for self funding they can't do that can they???
Your comments would be appreciated.
Doreen
My husband Jim has been in an Assessment Ward now for 8 weeks, he was taken in with violent aggression, in the time he has been there he has had his Aricept stopped, had an infection, is now doubley incontinent, unable to feed himself, cannot stand or walk, he is put in and out of bed with a hoist etc. When I saw his Consultant 3 weeks ago he said that he would need and EMI Unit when he left the ward. He is now in a more stable condition and I have a feeling that it will now not be long before he gets his discharge, I have looked around the Units and found I hope a suitable one, not my first choice, but there was a long waiting list for my first choice.
The wheels were set in motion and last week I had a meeting with a Finance Officer from the Council, she explained the low, middle and high payments to cover his nursing care, then she added that I should ask for a continuous NHS care assessment. Has anyone any knowledge of this, or has anyone been given full payment of a Care Home after this Assessment.also as Jim will start as self funding has anyone come across the procedure of charging more for self funding patients, I spoke to one home last week which was £100 per week more for self funding they can't do that can they???
Your comments would be appreciated.
Doreen