Not been posting for a while but have been bobbing in.
Mum has been in a lovely care home now for 18 months. There have been ups and downs but generally it's gone well. Her dementia has declined considerably in that time. In the last few weeks aggression and anger has reared its head and because mum is in a residential home not EMI the manager told me on Friday that they can't cope with her needs any longer. This came after a very prolonged period of aggression when they called an ambulance as she had a seizure.
They asked me to go and she calmed down after I arrived but I think she had just worn herself out.
Has anyone had any experience of someone moving from a residential home to EMI? What steps need to be taken, will she need to go to hospital to be assessed before a decision is made?
I know she will find a move from her familiar surroundings distressing but I do understand the care home's decision.
Mum has been in a lovely care home now for 18 months. There have been ups and downs but generally it's gone well. Her dementia has declined considerably in that time. In the last few weeks aggression and anger has reared its head and because mum is in a residential home not EMI the manager told me on Friday that they can't cope with her needs any longer. This came after a very prolonged period of aggression when they called an ambulance as she had a seizure.
They asked me to go and she calmed down after I arrived but I think she had just worn herself out.
Has anyone had any experience of someone moving from a residential home to EMI? What steps need to be taken, will she need to go to hospital to be assessed before a decision is made?
I know she will find a move from her familiar surroundings distressing but I do understand the care home's decision.