Hi @annielou, sadly you will be going through this repeatedly on a loop with Mum. Most of Mum's generation don't want help or 'strangers coming into my home' and are very resistant, so the Social Worker should be well experienced in seeing through this, and the denial of any symptoms. I would say in my experience with Mum they were not terribly helpful as we were self-funding, so I ended up commissioning home care myself, which increased over time and eventually transitioned to residential care (primarily due to the fear and anxiety of being on her own and not being familiar with her surroundings - she suffered from sun-downing). But if your Mum isn't self funding they should undertake an assessment of needs where they will ask a number of questions to determine care needs. However, it is likely to be tricky as your Mum will have a very different view of her own capabilities and will likely have forgotten yesterday's discussions so it is likely you may have to go through that again after the Social Worker has left (sorry!). I think most telling thing you have said is that Mum gets frightened being on her own at night and that really does need to be discussed as that is key to Mum's independent living - as you rightly point out carers coming in to deliver personal care and other domestic help will not address this issue (I'm assuming the ongoing treatment hasn't improved this situation) and it sounds as though Mum is potentially quite vulnerable being on her own at night if you are not there to assist and calm her. Let us know how it goes. All the best for today.