I posted recently about my fil who broke his hip in October and is registered blind and has alzheimers. He has been in a care home since he fell over but has kept on and on about going back to his flat. He is very unsteady on his feet and has had numerous falls since October. After fil kept going on about going back we involved ss for a formal assessment of him which she has been doing since January. Fil is completely self funded and we have been paying for his ch since November. SW has seen him 3 times and was supposed to be going to visit him with a Dementia nurse at the same but they couldn't coordinate their diaries so she went on her own. Fil admitted at her last visit that he understood he needed 24 hour care which is why he couldn't return home and dementia nurse said on a previous visit that she thought he had detoriated since her last visit and the CH seemed to think she was saying he lacked capacity to make decisions. CH manager also said that they did not think he was capable of understanding the dangers of going home and that he required help with personal care and toileting. He was also getting up in the night and wandering around his room and he had a fall that night. Now SW says he has the capacity to make decisions regarding his accommodation and that even if he is not safe and is very vulnerable he can still go back home until something happens to him. Oh has arranged a meeting in mid march to challenge what fil is saying but it seems that whatever fil wants to do, he can. My question, because he is self funded at the CH did we need to involve ss with this or could we just have kept saying that he needs to stay in the home until he is better? Fil denies he has any medical conditions and SW is aware of this. So we have to just let him go home until he falls again or something happens. What happened to him being a vulnerable adult, doesn't that apply to him? He can't afford 24 hour care at home . we now wish we had never contacted social services