I had an interesting phone call yesterday. I thought it would be the nurse practitioner to discuss mum's recent hospital visit and what we do next, instead it was a social worker who is visiting mum to see if a DOLs is appropriate. The woman seemed very competent and very relieved that I knew what she was talking about. She didn't know much about mum, certainly not that this is her second care home, and I think she'll have a bit of a shock when she sees how advanced her dementia is. I did say to her that I wanted her opinion about the care mum is receiving. I think the management of the home is competent and the carers on the whole fine, I just wonder if mum now needs more nursing care than they can provide. She'll be phoning me back next week to discuss next steps.
I haven't visited mum since I last posted as they still have Covid in the home and dressing up in a plastic pinny just to be told to go away seems a bit pointless.
I haven't visited mum since I last posted as they still have Covid in the home and dressing up in a plastic pinny just to be told to go away seems a bit pointless.