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my dad as vascular dementia last week he had a bad fall in the kitchen at home and ended up in hospital lucky he didnt break anything just badly bruised he is 88 years of age and up to then was living at home with our brother but he works nights
anyway on discharge they brough him home from hospital in ambulance and with care team to assess him with is mobility they struggled even to get him in the door and to his chair and once they seen is stairs they said no way he would get him up the stairs and so we ajusted the front room into a bedroom bringing is bed etc down stairs and they sent someone back to the hospital for high back chair and commode but there was no way of getting him from one room to the other he was that bad he couldnt even stand up they should of never discharged him anyway the assessers said there is no way they could leave him and he would have to go back to the hospital of which he did to the discharge ward sat around waiting to get him some where so he had to wait over night and the next day got him a bed in rehabilitaton hospital where he is not but he is so confused he dont know where he is and keeps crying to go home is dementia is getting realy bad we just dont know what to do also wonder if we could apply for contuious care so we can take him home with carer though the night for when our brother is a work because there is no way they will let him home to be left on is own while our brother at work he is a danger to himself thank you for reading
my dad as vascular dementia last week he had a bad fall in the kitchen at home and ended up in hospital lucky he didnt break anything just badly bruised he is 88 years of age and up to then was living at home with our brother but he works nights
anyway on discharge they brough him home from hospital in ambulance and with care team to assess him with is mobility they struggled even to get him in the door and to his chair and once they seen is stairs they said no way he would get him up the stairs and so we ajusted the front room into a bedroom bringing is bed etc down stairs and they sent someone back to the hospital for high back chair and commode but there was no way of getting him from one room to the other he was that bad he couldnt even stand up they should of never discharged him anyway the assessers said there is no way they could leave him and he would have to go back to the hospital of which he did to the discharge ward sat around waiting to get him some where so he had to wait over night and the next day got him a bed in rehabilitaton hospital where he is not but he is so confused he dont know where he is and keeps crying to go home is dementia is getting realy bad we just dont know what to do also wonder if we could apply for contuious care so we can take him home with carer though the night for when our brother is a work because there is no way they will let him home to be left on is own while our brother at work he is a danger to himself thank you for reading