Ken is still in the EMI Unit at the hospital but the consultant has promised to send him to a day care facility two mornings a week and then to be returned to the ward. She (consultant) still has worries about Ken mistaking other people for myself and hugging them. My heart sank yesterday when I went on the ward because as soon as I arrived on the corridor he grabbed my arm to 'take me to the woman who was telling everyone she was me'. The woman in question was George, another patient, who has rather long, blond hair. Poor George was bewildered by it all. As Ken has broken or lost 5 pairs of glasses in the last two months and is currently without any glasses at all, the combination of his confusion and poor eyesight do not bode well for his assessment in the day care environment!! And I do so want to get him into the lovely EMI nursing Home I have lined up for him.
I am also pushing hard to get Ken put onto what is called a 'section 17' of the Mental Health Act. This will allow me to take him off hospital premises for a few hours. My mother is housebound and I would love to be able to take him to visit her. Imagine my delight when yesterday the nurse brought the necessary form back to me, signed by the consultant. However, it was the wrong form and only gave me permission to take him off the ward and around the hospital grounds - something I have been doing for the past three months with their consent anyway!! If at first you dont succeed, try, try and try again!!
On a previous thread I ranted about the terrible conditions I had found in the three local, privately run EMI units and how they had each been inspected by the Commission for Social Care. When I re-read the Commisssion reports I noticed that the areas concerned with ' general comfort and environment' had not even been inspected at any of these homes. I have just written the Commission a detailed account of my visits and which sections of their report had utterly failed to address any of the serious problems I had encountered. I also sent a copy of my letter to my local MP. Watch this space for their replies!!!
xx TinaT
I am also pushing hard to get Ken put onto what is called a 'section 17' of the Mental Health Act. This will allow me to take him off hospital premises for a few hours. My mother is housebound and I would love to be able to take him to visit her. Imagine my delight when yesterday the nurse brought the necessary form back to me, signed by the consultant. However, it was the wrong form and only gave me permission to take him off the ward and around the hospital grounds - something I have been doing for the past three months with their consent anyway!! If at first you dont succeed, try, try and try again!!
On a previous thread I ranted about the terrible conditions I had found in the three local, privately run EMI units and how they had each been inspected by the Commission for Social Care. When I re-read the Commisssion reports I noticed that the areas concerned with ' general comfort and environment' had not even been inspected at any of these homes. I have just written the Commission a detailed account of my visits and which sections of their report had utterly failed to address any of the serious problems I had encountered. I also sent a copy of my letter to my local MP. Watch this space for their replies!!!
xx TinaT