Hi there,
This may end up a rambly, all over the place post.
On Thursday my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers, his symptoms are early. It was a welcome relief to get a diagnosis and know we’ll start being able to get support when needed.
He’s currently on chemo, is on the shielded list, and last week started acting odd. We had thought it was the general illness from his leukaemia making him worse and had hoped it wasn’t the Alzheimer’s rapidly getting worse. Then on Friday he had a high temperature so he was taken to hospital to be treated for what they believe to be an infection.
Since then he’s gone from early stages to (if he were to be released today) requiring full time care.
We’re struggling to get information out of the hospital to find out what he’s been tested for, and I’m concerned they think this is mental state normally. We don’t even know yet if they’ve figured out what’s wrong.
What are our rights if they were to try to discharge him when he’s clearly to us still not well?
Thanks
UPDATE
He has been transferred to another hospital as he has suffered a bleed on the brain.
This may end up a rambly, all over the place post.
On Thursday my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers, his symptoms are early. It was a welcome relief to get a diagnosis and know we’ll start being able to get support when needed.
He’s currently on chemo, is on the shielded list, and last week started acting odd. We had thought it was the general illness from his leukaemia making him worse and had hoped it wasn’t the Alzheimer’s rapidly getting worse. Then on Friday he had a high temperature so he was taken to hospital to be treated for what they believe to be an infection.
Since then he’s gone from early stages to (if he were to be released today) requiring full time care.
We’re struggling to get information out of the hospital to find out what he’s been tested for, and I’m concerned they think this is mental state normally. We don’t even know yet if they’ve figured out what’s wrong.
What are our rights if they were to try to discharge him when he’s clearly to us still not well?
Thanks
UPDATE
He has been transferred to another hospital as he has suffered a bleed on the brain.
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