Mum was moved from hospital to a nursing home. She spent two weeks in the home and declined rapidly, I requested a move to our local hospice but the nursing home’s GP and manager were reluctant. I persevered and as Mum had been assigned a social worker when discharged to assess from hospital, I contacted her, she was really good and helped fast track Mum. She contacted the manager at the nursing home and the nurse in charge completed a fast track request and Mum came home with carers four times a day. The district nurse and community nurse visited and mentioned the hospice, I did a self referral online and the hospice attended Mum at home the same day. Mum passed away in her own home and had so much care in her final days I will be forever grateful. It was a very stressful time and in hindsight perhaps I should have done the hospice self referral earlier. Even when Mum came home the district nurse said she could still be moved to the hospice but as a family we were happy for her to be cared for at home.