Just thought I'd have a little moan. Where my dad lives there is a multi-disciplinary team to help look after people which includes Social Workers, CPNs, District Nurses, Advocates, GPs, etc.
Ive just come off the phone after speaking to the CPN team for the 8th time in the last fortnight. The person i needed to speak to isnt there. Ive only actually spoken directly to her once! Ive left messages both on her machine and with her colleagues and now Im getting more than a little annoyed. Why can these people not appreciate URGENCY and prioritise their work?
I KNOW their resources are stretched and they have little time to spend on each case, (and I also know that I think my dad is the most important case they will ever have because he's my dad, and obviously there are people whos situations are more urgent)!!
But he already has regular CPN visits (monthly) and for the life of me I cant work out why they havent noticed that dad isnt eating or putting the heating on! I work full time, have two kids and it's a 60 mile round trip to his house from mine which my understanding partner is taking me on every blummin day after he finishes work because I dont drive.
Ive been told I will be contacted to make an appointment for an assessment to get a care package in place until dad moves in with me, (which hopefully will be in the next few months), and the window for that appointment in working hours is very small because I work shifts.
Ive told them I am on holiday next week and deperately tried to make an appointment with them for then, but Im getting NOWHERE fast.
My messages are ignored, my calls unanswered or diverted to people who cant help, and Im losing patience fast. In the mean time Im spending literally hundreds of pounds on petrol, ignoring my poor daughter who has exams, neglecting the house and my partner, worrying all night that dad is safe and warm so Im tired all the time at work, and basically trying to hold it all together long enough for this damn woman to pull her finger out and HELP ME!!!!!
*Sighs....that feels better. Rant over! Now......lets make a start on all the forms Im supposed to be filling in..............
PS Dads happy at least.....he thinks I live down the round and Im just "popping" in! Bless him! ehehehe
Ive just come off the phone after speaking to the CPN team for the 8th time in the last fortnight. The person i needed to speak to isnt there. Ive only actually spoken directly to her once! Ive left messages both on her machine and with her colleagues and now Im getting more than a little annoyed. Why can these people not appreciate URGENCY and prioritise their work?
I KNOW their resources are stretched and they have little time to spend on each case, (and I also know that I think my dad is the most important case they will ever have because he's my dad, and obviously there are people whos situations are more urgent)!!
But he already has regular CPN visits (monthly) and for the life of me I cant work out why they havent noticed that dad isnt eating or putting the heating on! I work full time, have two kids and it's a 60 mile round trip to his house from mine which my understanding partner is taking me on every blummin day after he finishes work because I dont drive.
Ive been told I will be contacted to make an appointment for an assessment to get a care package in place until dad moves in with me, (which hopefully will be in the next few months), and the window for that appointment in working hours is very small because I work shifts.
Ive told them I am on holiday next week and deperately tried to make an appointment with them for then, but Im getting NOWHERE fast.
My messages are ignored, my calls unanswered or diverted to people who cant help, and Im losing patience fast. In the mean time Im spending literally hundreds of pounds on petrol, ignoring my poor daughter who has exams, neglecting the house and my partner, worrying all night that dad is safe and warm so Im tired all the time at work, and basically trying to hold it all together long enough for this damn woman to pull her finger out and HELP ME!!!!!
*Sighs....that feels better. Rant over! Now......lets make a start on all the forms Im supposed to be filling in..............
PS Dads happy at least.....he thinks I live down the round and Im just "popping" in! Bless him! ehehehe