My mum is only 75 and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 8 years ago. I cared for her for 3 years until it became too much so she has been in residential care home for the past 2 years,
She has been really settled and happy there, however in the past 3 months she has severely declined, she talks to her own reflection in the mirror, rants and swears and shouts at the male residents and has challenging behaviour.
Mum was assessed by a mental health doctor who prescribed 50mg of sertraline which didn’t do much, so increased this to 100mg just last week. The doctor told me they would need to see if works in 6-8 weeks. My mum is self funding, however I’ve been in touch with social services for a CHC assessment. I spoke to the social worker yesterday and she said the can’t do a proper assessment until they know the medication is or isn’t working. The care home manager rang me yesterday and said I need to find somewhere else for mum with an EMI unit as its got to the stage where they can’t give my mum the one to one care she needs. She said I don’t need to consult social services (when I mentioned I’d spoken to this particular social worker the care home manager showed an obvious disliking for her) and it’s up to me to move mum.
I just don’t know what to do, do I contact the social worker again? Should I just find elsewhere? What happens moving mum during covid, do the staff move her or me? Any advice would be so appreciated. I’m worried sick.
She has been really settled and happy there, however in the past 3 months she has severely declined, she talks to her own reflection in the mirror, rants and swears and shouts at the male residents and has challenging behaviour.
Mum was assessed by a mental health doctor who prescribed 50mg of sertraline which didn’t do much, so increased this to 100mg just last week. The doctor told me they would need to see if works in 6-8 weeks. My mum is self funding, however I’ve been in touch with social services for a CHC assessment. I spoke to the social worker yesterday and she said the can’t do a proper assessment until they know the medication is or isn’t working. The care home manager rang me yesterday and said I need to find somewhere else for mum with an EMI unit as its got to the stage where they can’t give my mum the one to one care she needs. She said I don’t need to consult social services (when I mentioned I’d spoken to this particular social worker the care home manager showed an obvious disliking for her) and it’s up to me to move mum.
I just don’t know what to do, do I contact the social worker again? Should I just find elsewhere? What happens moving mum during covid, do the staff move her or me? Any advice would be so appreciated. I’m worried sick.
