Hi,
I was hoping someone could help regarding what happens now for my Mum? I have very little experience of how "the system" works.
The thing is ... Mum is declining fast and I don't know what happens next. She is 80 and lives alone, but is now struggling to boil the kettle, put the heating on, cook etc. I do her washing for her, and I took her a pill box for her medication today but I don't think she understood it. Her twin sister helps out but she is very frail and can hardly walk and is finding Mum a strain. Mum is constantly worried and it's very difficult to reassure her. I am only a 15 minute drive away but work full time and Mum will sit and worry rather than think to ask for help.
I was under the impression she should she have had a care assessment - is this right? Should she have a social worker? Dad's social worker (he went into a CH last December) described Mum's cognitive impairment as "significant". Do I have to ask for these things - who do I ask? I think Mum is getting to the stage where someone should be monitoring her.
You all seem so knowledgeable - I would be really grateful if you could point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Carolyn
I was hoping someone could help regarding what happens now for my Mum? I have very little experience of how "the system" works.
The thing is ... Mum is declining fast and I don't know what happens next. She is 80 and lives alone, but is now struggling to boil the kettle, put the heating on, cook etc. I do her washing for her, and I took her a pill box for her medication today but I don't think she understood it. Her twin sister helps out but she is very frail and can hardly walk and is finding Mum a strain. Mum is constantly worried and it's very difficult to reassure her. I am only a 15 minute drive away but work full time and Mum will sit and worry rather than think to ask for help.
I was under the impression she should she have had a care assessment - is this right? Should she have a social worker? Dad's social worker (he went into a CH last December) described Mum's cognitive impairment as "significant". Do I have to ask for these things - who do I ask? I think Mum is getting to the stage where someone should be monitoring her.
You all seem so knowledgeable - I would be really grateful if you could point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Carolyn