Mum is 91, with no short term memory and very poor mobility. She lives alone but has consistently refused to consider moving to a care home.
On Boxing Day she had the inevitable fall and was found by her morning carer, who called an ambulance. From A&E she moved to a short stay ward to be assessed for discharge home. The inevitable conclusion is that she needs 24 hour care, and has no mental capacity to make a decision in her own best interests. The system is now proposing to discharge her to a local care home catering for dementia. As she is self funding, this can happen immediately, maybe tomorrow.
I live 60 miles away, and although I have researched homes in this area I have no knowledge of those in Mum's area, a different local and health authority. The home proposed, only this afternoon, looks OK on paper but does not have a sparkling CQC report.
So the pressure from the Hospital is to get Mum out as quickly as possible, probably tomorrow, while I want to find her somewhere I like, even if it is short term until she can move here. I don't have time to do lots of research and visiting.
Does anyone have experience of this situation? Can I hold up Mum's discharge until I have at least seen the home proposed? Can I hold it up until I've got time to do some research? Availability of places is of course a big problem at such short notice.
Any help would be much appreciated.
On Boxing Day she had the inevitable fall and was found by her morning carer, who called an ambulance. From A&E she moved to a short stay ward to be assessed for discharge home. The inevitable conclusion is that she needs 24 hour care, and has no mental capacity to make a decision in her own best interests. The system is now proposing to discharge her to a local care home catering for dementia. As she is self funding, this can happen immediately, maybe tomorrow.
I live 60 miles away, and although I have researched homes in this area I have no knowledge of those in Mum's area, a different local and health authority. The home proposed, only this afternoon, looks OK on paper but does not have a sparkling CQC report.
So the pressure from the Hospital is to get Mum out as quickly as possible, probably tomorrow, while I want to find her somewhere I like, even if it is short term until she can move here. I don't have time to do lots of research and visiting.
Does anyone have experience of this situation? Can I hold up Mum's discharge until I have at least seen the home proposed? Can I hold it up until I've got time to do some research? Availability of places is of course a big problem at such short notice.
Any help would be much appreciated.