At the recent meeting with mum's consultant to discuss discharge the consultant said that mum's dementia has now progressed to a point where her care need are primarily nursing care + said that we should be looking for a nursing bed but that there was no longer a need for it to be EMI.
The manager from our preferred home has been and assessed mum + she also believes they can meet mum's needs in the nursing unit of their home rather than the EMI side.
Yesterday mum's social worker rang us to say she has been in to visit mum again + that she thinks EMI nursing is what mum needs.
She seems very kind + genuine.
She is going to meet with the consultant +question what his reasons are for saying nursing rather than EMI + is going to get back to us.
She was also quite concerned that although mum clearly does not have capacity it does not state this anywhere in her notes. She wants this rectified.
Because dad doesn't have welfare POA ,+ she thinks applying for Guardianship is. Ridiculously expensive + a lengthy process, she is hoping with the consultant's agreement mum can be transfered to a new home under a Section 13.
So, we're back in limbo. Having thought we knew where mum was going to move to we are now unsure. Thank goodness we're in the fortunate position that the unit mum is in is no longer admitting patients so we're not under pressure to free up a bed at the moment. I'm also grateful that the social worker does seem to have mum's best interests at heart and she appears to know what she's talking about. She is also highly thought of by both the care home manager and senior nurses on mum's unit.
Hopefully we'll know more about what's happening after she's spoken to the consultant again.
Karen x
The manager from our preferred home has been and assessed mum + she also believes they can meet mum's needs in the nursing unit of their home rather than the EMI side.
Yesterday mum's social worker rang us to say she has been in to visit mum again + that she thinks EMI nursing is what mum needs.
She seems very kind + genuine.
She is going to meet with the consultant +question what his reasons are for saying nursing rather than EMI + is going to get back to us.
She was also quite concerned that although mum clearly does not have capacity it does not state this anywhere in her notes. She wants this rectified.
Because dad doesn't have welfare POA ,+ she thinks applying for Guardianship is. Ridiculously expensive + a lengthy process, she is hoping with the consultant's agreement mum can be transfered to a new home under a Section 13.
So, we're back in limbo. Having thought we knew where mum was going to move to we are now unsure. Thank goodness we're in the fortunate position that the unit mum is in is no longer admitting patients so we're not under pressure to free up a bed at the moment. I'm also grateful that the social worker does seem to have mum's best interests at heart and she appears to know what she's talking about. She is also highly thought of by both the care home manager and senior nurses on mum's unit.
Hopefully we'll know more about what's happening after she's spoken to the consultant again.
Karen x
