Mum is finally getting a visit by CPN this week after 1 year of waiting!
Apparently he is to visit together with a doctor. What I would like to know is what exactly is the role of the CPN now we have one in place. We need to know what is expected of the CPN to ensure mum gets the correct treatment.
Mum does seem to be getting worse some days as she moves things around all the time (milk in TV cabinet tinned foodstuffs on bookshelves etc!) She also puts her clothes in the bin and lses her teeth and hearing aid on a daily basis. We wondered if maybe her medication could do with "tweaking" as she has been prescirbed since last May and the meds have ever changed at all.
The problem is if she finds out we have arranged a CPN she will go berserk! and start saying she can look after herself etc. We had carers coming in 3 times a day but she refused to let them in and shouted out of the window that she was OK and didn't need help. So we had to let them go.
If it was not for a relative calling in daily mum would live in the same clothes day in day out, without washing them, would never bathe or eat , or tidy round hoover/ polish or mop the floor as she simply does not seem to see the need for any of these things now. She doesn't see anyone is what she usually says so why should she wash her hair !!!
(I work full time unfortunately and cannot afford to give up my job but would at the drop of a hat if I could afford to)
If anyone can shed light on what is to be expected of the CPN please let me know.
Thanks
Maggier
Apparently he is to visit together with a doctor. What I would like to know is what exactly is the role of the CPN now we have one in place. We need to know what is expected of the CPN to ensure mum gets the correct treatment.
Mum does seem to be getting worse some days as she moves things around all the time (milk in TV cabinet tinned foodstuffs on bookshelves etc!) She also puts her clothes in the bin and lses her teeth and hearing aid on a daily basis. We wondered if maybe her medication could do with "tweaking" as she has been prescirbed since last May and the meds have ever changed at all.
The problem is if she finds out we have arranged a CPN she will go berserk! and start saying she can look after herself etc. We had carers coming in 3 times a day but she refused to let them in and shouted out of the window that she was OK and didn't need help. So we had to let them go.
If it was not for a relative calling in daily mum would live in the same clothes day in day out, without washing them, would never bathe or eat , or tidy round hoover/ polish or mop the floor as she simply does not seem to see the need for any of these things now. She doesn't see anyone is what she usually says so why should she wash her hair !!!
(I work full time unfortunately and cannot afford to give up my job but would at the drop of a hat if I could afford to)
If anyone can shed light on what is to be expected of the CPN please let me know.
Thanks
Maggier