It was my partners Best Interests meeting yesterday, the whole meeting only lasted about 15 minutes, maybe 20 minutes at the most.
There was 7 people around the table and another 2 on line. We all went round the table to say who we were and our role in my partners care. He has been in hospital for almost a year.
It was very hard for my partner as he doesn’t really understand that he is struggling with dementia issues, I could see the panic/fear in his eyes I stopped so i could try and reassure him that he was ok and we were all there to try and help and support him,but the meeting was ended just a few minutes later. The only thing that was mainly discussed was between myself and the social worker in reference to the type of care home and location of it.
I was expecting a bit more than this from the meeting, but it may of been cut short because of my partners reaction, I don’t know. I did speak to one of the nurses afterwards very briefly and have arranged to go back next week to have a catch up with her, what has been other people’s reaction to Best Interest meetings?
There was 7 people around the table and another 2 on line. We all went round the table to say who we were and our role in my partners care. He has been in hospital for almost a year.
It was very hard for my partner as he doesn’t really understand that he is struggling with dementia issues, I could see the panic/fear in his eyes I stopped so i could try and reassure him that he was ok and we were all there to try and help and support him,but the meeting was ended just a few minutes later. The only thing that was mainly discussed was between myself and the social worker in reference to the type of care home and location of it.
I was expecting a bit more than this from the meeting, but it may of been cut short because of my partners reaction, I don’t know. I did speak to one of the nurses afterwards very briefly and have arranged to go back next week to have a catch up with her, what has been other people’s reaction to Best Interest meetings?