That sounds fantastic Babypie!! It must be such a relief for you.
I rang Mam's GP today who in turn contacted social services who phoned me withing 5 minutes of the end of my conversation with the GP. My brother failed completely in his bid to contact social services as the phone was just ringing and ringing with no answer!!!!
Anyhow, I went through my tale with the 1st social worker and said that we didn't feel that we could cope anymore. She was very sympathetic and said she would pass the info on to the "east team" who would ring me. An hour and a half later another social worker rang. No info had been passed on so I had to go through the whold story again. They seem to completely miss the point. I was asked whether Mam had a handrail on her bath. That's completely immaterial as it just wouldn't cross her mind to have a bath if nobody was there to make her. They said the carers couldn't be doing their job properly. I told them I was amazed at how much they are doing in the time they are there and that it doesn't take long for things to get back to how they were after they leave. They said that they'd tried to contact me as her carers had informed them about the faeces all over the house. They hadn't tried very hard as no messages have been left.
The end result is that they are going to arrange for Mam to have another assessment but just her usual half hour one. I think they tried to phone me again but I was in the shower and missed the call. I hope they try again! We have taken pictures of the faeces smeared around the house but it's hard to see how they are going to get a picture of how Mam is living just by a half hour visit to a doctor's office.
Did I read somewhere about 24 hour assessments where they can observe someone to see how they cope with different tasks? Still, it's a start. We gave Mam turkey mash and carrots for lunch today. She scoffed the mash but pulled the carrots and turkey out of her mouth so it's clear that she can only cope with mushy foods now. She still manages toffee ok though.
I rang Mam's GP today who in turn contacted social services who phoned me withing 5 minutes of the end of my conversation with the GP. My brother failed completely in his bid to contact social services as the phone was just ringing and ringing with no answer!!!!
Anyhow, I went through my tale with the 1st social worker and said that we didn't feel that we could cope anymore. She was very sympathetic and said she would pass the info on to the "east team" who would ring me. An hour and a half later another social worker rang. No info had been passed on so I had to go through the whold story again. They seem to completely miss the point. I was asked whether Mam had a handrail on her bath. That's completely immaterial as it just wouldn't cross her mind to have a bath if nobody was there to make her. They said the carers couldn't be doing their job properly. I told them I was amazed at how much they are doing in the time they are there and that it doesn't take long for things to get back to how they were after they leave. They said that they'd tried to contact me as her carers had informed them about the faeces all over the house. They hadn't tried very hard as no messages have been left.
The end result is that they are going to arrange for Mam to have another assessment but just her usual half hour one. I think they tried to phone me again but I was in the shower and missed the call. I hope they try again! We have taken pictures of the faeces smeared around the house but it's hard to see how they are going to get a picture of how Mam is living just by a half hour visit to a doctor's office.
Did I read somewhere about 24 hour assessments where they can observe someone to see how they cope with different tasks? Still, it's a start. We gave Mam turkey mash and carrots for lunch today. She scoffed the mash but pulled the carrots and turkey out of her mouth so it's clear that she can only cope with mushy foods now. She still manages toffee ok though.
