We needed to put mum aged 92yrs into a care home when we lost dad, her only carer, in Dec last year. We are self funding and very happy with the home and mum is very settled. We have PoA welfare.
Mum had a fall and fractured her hip in January. She was back in the home within a week and has made an amazing recovery.
The hospital visit seems to have triggered a DOLs assessment in March and the social services are now, in August, chasing it up following a recent inspection at the home.
Whilst the doctors assessment on the paperwork is spot on, the assessors includes several inaccuracies, fundamentally stating we do not have PoA welfare and that he had a telephone conversation with my sister (which she doesnt recall).
I thought if you have PoA welfare you dont need DOLs. Does anyone know if that is too general an assumption?
Are we right to challenge the report and get it withdrawn?
What advantages are there by having DOLs in place?
Mum had a fall and fractured her hip in January. She was back in the home within a week and has made an amazing recovery.
The hospital visit seems to have triggered a DOLs assessment in March and the social services are now, in August, chasing it up following a recent inspection at the home.
Whilst the doctors assessment on the paperwork is spot on, the assessors includes several inaccuracies, fundamentally stating we do not have PoA welfare and that he had a telephone conversation with my sister (which she doesnt recall).
I thought if you have PoA welfare you dont need DOLs. Does anyone know if that is too general an assumption?
Are we right to challenge the report and get it withdrawn?
What advantages are there by having DOLs in place?