My wife went into hospital with an infection at the start of December. An initial assessment advised that she should be released to a care home when ready so that changes could be made to our home to allow me to care for her more easily - gantry hoist, hospital bed, special mattress etc. She is now bed-boun, can only sit in a chair for 30 mins max and needs assistance with most other things. We will now live downstairs in the main living room. All has now been supplied and the house rearranged and is ready. At the original assessment it was agreed that a single care visit would be appropriate to help get her up and ready though I insisted it was late morning as my wife has and still is a late riser.
As a result of further infection her chest she is still in the nursing home but is now sufficiently well to start planning to get home. A further assessment was carried out today and a package of of 4 daily visits is now on the table. I pushed back on this, unsuccessfully at this point, as I feel that 4 visits daily are intrusive and I know that OH will not be very unhappy with constant 'interferance'. This will plan out to be 1 visit every 2.5 to 3 hours. She of course said that she did not need any help and that any help she might need would be provided by me.
My question is to those who have experience of this sort of package and is, How intrusive is it? Already I feel as though I will always be waiting for the next visit and as a result have even less time to myself than now.
Thank you in advance
Steve
As a result of further infection her chest she is still in the nursing home but is now sufficiently well to start planning to get home. A further assessment was carried out today and a package of of 4 daily visits is now on the table. I pushed back on this, unsuccessfully at this point, as I feel that 4 visits daily are intrusive and I know that OH will not be very unhappy with constant 'interferance'. This will plan out to be 1 visit every 2.5 to 3 hours. She of course said that she did not need any help and that any help she might need would be provided by me.
My question is to those who have experience of this sort of package and is, How intrusive is it? Already I feel as though I will always be waiting for the next visit and as a result have even less time to myself than now.
Thank you in advance
Steve