CHC Checklist assessment Do points make funding?
Indeed cf1611 and others fight on indeed
I can give you the name of a brilliant solicitors that will give you detailed and expert advice on how to back date claims, and also how to complete CHC checklists. They will also get one of their own nurses to look over your info and give a fairly FREE accurate guide as to whether they believe funding would be granted.
We are about to embark on this complex system that seems most unfair and undignified.
My Dad is soon to go into a lovely new care home, Mum cannot cope any longer she is exhausted even with the help of carers and myself its all getting too much for her.
I have had a look at the CHC checklist which merely is a guide for the full assessment.
It doesn't seem to matter that Dad is confused, emotional, has occasional bouts of aggression towards Mum, does not recognise Mum or where he is, has no empathy, does not understand routine and times of the day, does not comprehend that dark and night mean bed, has obsessions, repetitions of behaviour, anxiety and fear, has hallucinations, talks to "people" who are in the house, confuses real life people and those on the TV, cannot have a shower with out prompting, tries to have a shower in the sink twice in the night, gets dressed several times a night, keeps trying to unlock doors in the night, paces from room to room unable to settle, cannot answer simple questions, pleads with tears to be allowed to go to bed at 5.30 pm, keeps asking to go home when he is at home, rings the police to report he is trapped, uses incoherent speech, needs reminding to chew his food and eat whats on his plate, can either turn off the light or shut the door not both, gets so frustrated he becomes confrontational and can push Mum out of the way leaving marks on her arm....................No, none of this will "score" him enough points for any funding because he can still walk (albeit in a sometimes wobbly way and only for about 15 to 20 minutes) and use the toilet!(misses often)
It seems that communication, cognitive, emotional and behavioural needs are not as important as walking and using the toilet.......well thats what an initial quick look at the assessment has thrown up, we go for the official CHC checklist assessment in a couple of weeks. Maybe I have "scored" it wrongly. But at least it will provide a baseline from which to work and we can request another assessment soon and again as his needs change.