Now what happens?
Hi
I met with dad's SW on Friday in the hospital. She seems to be "OK", an older hippy chick who drives a camper van but does seem to have "a clue". During the meeting dad was totally confused as to what it was all about. I find it hard to believe just how much dad seems to have gone down hill, so quickly. Despite spending almost a week in the same ward, he has no idea of where the toilet is, or even where his bed is.
Following the meeting there seems to be 3 options. Dad goes home with more support (don't even want to go there
), he goes into a residential home until a suitable sheltered accommodation is available close to us, or he just goes straight into full time care. One thing which dad seems happy to accept is that it would be a good idea to move closer to us and to move into a sheltered accommodation bungalow. As dad is at the moment, I am not sure that he could now live alone.
However, the SW has been proactive and has booked a place for dad in a local care home as an "assessment bed" which will be held for him until next Wednesday. So far, dad's consultant has not completed his assessment of dad. So, we do not know whether dad has mental capacity or not. There are so many unknowns at the moment, I feel as though we are on a roundabout and there are so many directions in which we can go from here.
Dad, meantime is stuck in hospital.
They have now decided that dad has no infections so he can go ASAP.
Love Burfordthecat x x