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my mum was admitted to hospital with delirium on 29/07 and eventually in September discharged to a care home as she needed further care; in hospital she had an unwitnessed fall resulting in 6 broken ribs 3 of which were broken in 3 places so we felt her own home not an option at the time. She was in the care home 2 weeks and developed DVT that went to her chest so ended up back in hospital being discharged to the care home again after 3 weeks. She now wanders like a lost sole and has very little conversation, asks questions but then doesn’t understand the answers, she looks broken. They have given her a dementia/ possible Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The care home is nice but lots of faults still; we pay £700 a month on top of the councils 800 a week as it a more expensive one with lovely grounds but going in her room for the first time yesterday I noticed the bedding rough and bobbly, there’s nothing worse than horrid sheets! There were 2 lights not working and a nail sticking out of her very cheap bedside table.
im meeting with the social worker there in the morning to assess her to get her home as as a family we feel with support she’d be better there with day centres too. My main question is
Can the social worker legally keep her in a care home when we want her in her own home with support, I need to go equipped with information?
thank you for reading and sorry for such a long post.
my mum was admitted to hospital with delirium on 29/07 and eventually in September discharged to a care home as she needed further care; in hospital she had an unwitnessed fall resulting in 6 broken ribs 3 of which were broken in 3 places so we felt her own home not an option at the time. She was in the care home 2 weeks and developed DVT that went to her chest so ended up back in hospital being discharged to the care home again after 3 weeks. She now wanders like a lost sole and has very little conversation, asks questions but then doesn’t understand the answers, she looks broken. They have given her a dementia/ possible Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The care home is nice but lots of faults still; we pay £700 a month on top of the councils 800 a week as it a more expensive one with lovely grounds but going in her room for the first time yesterday I noticed the bedding rough and bobbly, there’s nothing worse than horrid sheets! There were 2 lights not working and a nail sticking out of her very cheap bedside table.
im meeting with the social worker there in the morning to assess her to get her home as as a family we feel with support she’d be better there with day centres too. My main question is
Can the social worker legally keep her in a care home when we want her in her own home with support, I need to go equipped with information?
thank you for reading and sorry for such a long post.