I finally let mum go into a home - mum has terrible anxiety, the sundowning is very difficult to manage and various meds have been trialed. mums had 2 very serious falls resulting in 2 massive bleeds on her left side of her brain, dr amazed that she has pulled through, but the pressure on her brain is affecting her behaviour and she is tearing nighties and extremely restless, early days yet but EMI nursing home have said they can't meet her needs. hospital have started CHC assessment which they think she'll get easily. but what about the home we are happy with it to a point, the only one to one care is over subscribed and SW is saying just wait until assessments are done.
how much funding does CHC cover? can we look for a home that costs more ? is CHC funding more than what SS fund.
I guess I'm looking to get the best for mum and if CHC funding can buy us somewhere with higher ratio of staff, or we can use mums pension to top it up.any advice will be appreciated x
Hi yoyo
When my step mother was put in to care CHC funding covered everything except clothes, chiropody, hairdressing and toiletries.
My step mother was demanding an ice cream most mornings and we instructed the home to get her them from the shop opposite and to charge us for them.
The carers tended to go for them at the end of their break.
We took her something like a sausage roll and a glass of wine in the afternoon again an extra.
Normally the patient has to go in to a home in your local area on the CHC list.
There were no suitable homes in my step mother's area. About 50 assessed her and would not take her.
Eventually 2 said they could take her 1 about 30 miles away and another about 9 miles away.
Even though the one further away looked slightly better we took the nearer one so she would get a visitor every day.
Sadly my step mother passed away after 7 days in care.
A bit of advice. Get the CHC assessment done while the patient was in hospital.
The social worker wanted the bungalow she was living in sold to cover the fees.
The problem was I owned it.
The next step was they wanted to give social funding but they said there were no homes in the area at the councils usual rates which could meet her needs so a top up of £1,000 per month would be required.
The son and myself refused to pay. The social worker tried to put pressure on us saying she was violent and could kill a child if she was let out because of her strength and we would be responsible.
We knew we could not be sent to jail if my step mother did kill a child.
After a lot of argument CHC funding was agreed.
William