Hi, this is my first time posting, in brief : my dad has vascular dementia , diagnosed 26 years ago, in December he awoke , and was unable to walk or stand, hospitalised where they diagnosed advanced stage dementia : - up till then my mum only had 1 career 5 days a week for 30 mins in the morning. After assessments in hospital it has been agreed during a BI meeting for mum to have their living room turned into ads bedroom with :hospital bed, hoist , and large reclining chair as he now has no core muscle strength to sit safely, anyway, he will need 2 caters 4 times a day for 45 mins as he is terrified of the hoist and terrified of the rolling in bed to meet his personal needs, he has been on the "brokerage" list for 3 weeks and we still have no idea how long it will take for a care provider to pick it up, in the meantime due to the hospital needing his bed (respiratory ward he hgss been moved to a surgical ward (only ward with bed available) much to the disgust of his SW and OT Team , this has become long winded but my question is -has anybody else gave this happen and how long they waited dad been in now 9 weeks! Is there anything we can do he is SF (small contribution from him) - we are desperate to get him home tia