Advice please. MIL went into a home about 2 months into lockdown when we could no longer safeguard her in the community among other things she was getting verbal abuse of people for not keeping 2 meters away from them. Anyhow. She went into a local home that felt she could meet her needs following an assessment by social care. She is held under emergency DOLS but has had no further assessment (apparently this is normal) I have been in once last week for a half hour visit but otherwise its all been shouting through a window and one garden visit where she tried to follow me home (she was promptly banned from garden visits).
I have not been incredibly impressed by the home it is however hard to assess when you mainly shout through a window. I have been quite anxious about the whole thing which slightly colours judgement. This week we have had a call from social care who had a cause for concern raised by a nurse who goes in (basically the only non member of staff going in appart from randomly a hair dresser). Nurse is concerned MIL stays in her room all the time and doesnt come out. Is agetated a lot (she has had a medication change by a psychiatist consulting with staff via zoom) and has lost weight (i think she initially put on weight due to not walking in excess of 4 miles a day). Social worker recomends we move her to annother home. We dont want to move her because we would be moving from one home we dont know to annother which seems a totally random intervention.
I was also concerned she wasnt coming out but think this is because she spent the first 2 weeks being shooed back into her room everytime she came out because she was isolating and is allowed all her meals in her room. Her curtains are usually closed and she hasnt been outside the building appart from the garden visit. She has definately deteriorated since admission and at the same time that was the case pre admission too. My suggestion would be
1. Vitimin D 2. Encouraged to have time outside the building 3. Meals not taken to her in her room 4. Family visits in the unit on welfare grounds see if we can get her out perhaps we could eat with her? Unlikely.
What do you think? Any other ideas welcome.
I have not been incredibly impressed by the home it is however hard to assess when you mainly shout through a window. I have been quite anxious about the whole thing which slightly colours judgement. This week we have had a call from social care who had a cause for concern raised by a nurse who goes in (basically the only non member of staff going in appart from randomly a hair dresser). Nurse is concerned MIL stays in her room all the time and doesnt come out. Is agetated a lot (she has had a medication change by a psychiatist consulting with staff via zoom) and has lost weight (i think she initially put on weight due to not walking in excess of 4 miles a day). Social worker recomends we move her to annother home. We dont want to move her because we would be moving from one home we dont know to annother which seems a totally random intervention.
I was also concerned she wasnt coming out but think this is because she spent the first 2 weeks being shooed back into her room everytime she came out because she was isolating and is allowed all her meals in her room. Her curtains are usually closed and she hasnt been outside the building appart from the garden visit. She has definately deteriorated since admission and at the same time that was the case pre admission too. My suggestion would be
1. Vitimin D 2. Encouraged to have time outside the building 3. Meals not taken to her in her room 4. Family visits in the unit on welfare grounds see if we can get her out perhaps we could eat with her? Unlikely.
What do you think? Any other ideas welcome.