Mams been in respite for three weeks this coming Wednesday. She is staying in as Tuesday coming is having a lesion from her bladder removed and then biopsies, so the social worker said its best Mam goes back to the care home till next week then We decide what the next step is.
Mam has to have four carers per day to be allowed back home due to being unable to prepare meals safely and to take her pills properly and regularly.
The social worker can't get the carers four times per day as Mam lives in the sticks a bit and so the agency's keep replying to the social worker it isn't possible to go four times.
The social worker had said to me the only way it could work is if it comes from personal budget and someone has to manage it I don't understand what that entails, does anyone know what it means?
Basically, the social worker is giving Mam a chance at home if we can get four carers set up to see if the lesion has been causing a lot of the confusion, if Mam seems worse at home and wanders on an evening again I think it's permanent care home.
The awful thing is I want Mam to be within biking distance of me if and when she goes in a home but she does seem settled in respite there.
The strain is a lot to bare, I've been today to see Mam to sew labels in her clothes and felt physically sick with stress while there. She is oblivious as they were getting ready to go on a trip out.
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Mam has to have four carers per day to be allowed back home due to being unable to prepare meals safely and to take her pills properly and regularly.
The social worker can't get the carers four times per day as Mam lives in the sticks a bit and so the agency's keep replying to the social worker it isn't possible to go four times.
The social worker had said to me the only way it could work is if it comes from personal budget and someone has to manage it I don't understand what that entails, does anyone know what it means?
Basically, the social worker is giving Mam a chance at home if we can get four carers set up to see if the lesion has been causing a lot of the confusion, if Mam seems worse at home and wanders on an evening again I think it's permanent care home.
The awful thing is I want Mam to be within biking distance of me if and when she goes in a home but she does seem settled in respite there.
The strain is a lot to bare, I've been today to see Mam to sew labels in her clothes and felt physically sick with stress while there. She is oblivious as they were getting ready to go on a trip out.
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