Hello everyone,
Long time since I last posted. My mum had dementia and was a resident of a care home for a year. To put it mildly, I had some issues with her care - soiled sheets, underwear, left alone, unwitnessed falls.
I requested her care records. I have found some discrepancies and would like feedback from far more knowledgeable people than I.
What are the ethics/legality of care home asking my sister to sign care plans (who lives in Italy and visited only a week a year) because she would blindly agree where I wouldn't? I was primary care giver but because I had complained I never saw another care plan or risk assessment again.
Does a care plan have to be signed by family member? I have found an extensive care plan dated six months before she died that has a space for family signatures but of course no signatures.
Should social services not be picking up issues with mums care plans/checking on the back of my many complaints?
Thank you so much.
Long time since I last posted. My mum had dementia and was a resident of a care home for a year. To put it mildly, I had some issues with her care - soiled sheets, underwear, left alone, unwitnessed falls.
I requested her care records. I have found some discrepancies and would like feedback from far more knowledgeable people than I.
What are the ethics/legality of care home asking my sister to sign care plans (who lives in Italy and visited only a week a year) because she would blindly agree where I wouldn't? I was primary care giver but because I had complained I never saw another care plan or risk assessment again.
Does a care plan have to be signed by family member? I have found an extensive care plan dated six months before she died that has a space for family signatures but of course no signatures.
Should social services not be picking up issues with mums care plans/checking on the back of my many complaints?
Thank you so much.