I've just requested a DST assessment via my mother's care home (nursing and residential). My reason for the request is that she seems to me to be ticking boxes in a range of domains. The care home was very unhappy with the idea of requesting one. One or two things that were said are worrying me:
- I had to go through them to request them and it would rest on their professional judgement
- The assessors will only go through their records and enter scores into their computer, and will not consider any other records, especially not my own notes
- They will not look at any evidence prior to my mother arriving at the home 2 years ago
- They will reluctantly request an assessment for funded nursing care, but the assessors may choose to do a DST if their funded nursing care assessment raises issues