I was hoping I may be able to draw on experiences from other members if possible please..........To cut a long story short my Grandmother's dementia is getting worse and she is still living in her rented flat on her own with three visits a day from domicillary social services care workers to feed her and give medication.She is under observation from the Community Mental Health Nurses and also the Social Worker.
We as a family obviously look after her too and are actively involved in her wellbeing....we have visited the limited number of EMI homes in our area and have a list of the ones we would consider.The problem is vacancies are few and far between and also respite beds are non existent!
What i cant gleen from social services is just how they decide who gets these beds when they are available.I know that vacancies have been coming up but we(or rather my Grandmother)have not been offered them!
I feel its case of letting sleeping dogs lie whilst there is no crisis but i feel they are waiting for something to happen to her before they will do anything!
I would appreciate any advice from anyone in the know or from personal experience.I obviously wont 'hold'anyone to what they say i would just welcome advice.Thank you.Neil
We as a family obviously look after her too and are actively involved in her wellbeing....we have visited the limited number of EMI homes in our area and have a list of the ones we would consider.The problem is vacancies are few and far between and also respite beds are non existent!
What i cant gleen from social services is just how they decide who gets these beds when they are available.I know that vacancies have been coming up but we(or rather my Grandmother)have not been offered them!
I feel its case of letting sleeping dogs lie whilst there is no crisis but i feel they are waiting for something to happen to her before they will do anything!
I would appreciate any advice from anyone in the know or from personal experience.I obviously wont 'hold'anyone to what they say i would just welcome advice.Thank you.Neil