Hi everyone
Thank you for all the help I have found on the forum to date. I will try not to woffle too much! Mum has a heart condition and COPD. In the last 9 months she has been diagnosed with a combination of Altzhmrz and vascular dementia. In the last few weeks I have been in touch with Social Services to get some help (the deterioration seems rapid, we are no longer coping, we need help but I'm not sure in what form). Care assessments have begun in the form of "care visits" each morning to help with getting up and ablutions. I am told to expect a visit for social services regarding means assessment - what Mum will have to pay.
My searches have yet to find me a definitive answer regarding the difference between health and social care and I am wondering if any forum member has a solution. Also, I believe that the first two conditions may have contributed to development of the dementia but if this had not developed she would probably have needed care in relation to the COPD and heart condition as time went on. So, before the visit I have been promised, I would like to have it clear in my own mind whether I should be talking about CHC for her. She uses oxygen daily but not constantly.
Thanks in advance
Dolly
Thank you for all the help I have found on the forum to date. I will try not to woffle too much! Mum has a heart condition and COPD. In the last 9 months she has been diagnosed with a combination of Altzhmrz and vascular dementia. In the last few weeks I have been in touch with Social Services to get some help (the deterioration seems rapid, we are no longer coping, we need help but I'm not sure in what form). Care assessments have begun in the form of "care visits" each morning to help with getting up and ablutions. I am told to expect a visit for social services regarding means assessment - what Mum will have to pay.
My searches have yet to find me a definitive answer regarding the difference between health and social care and I am wondering if any forum member has a solution. Also, I believe that the first two conditions may have contributed to development of the dementia but if this had not developed she would probably have needed care in relation to the COPD and heart condition as time went on. So, before the visit I have been promised, I would like to have it clear in my own mind whether I should be talking about CHC for her. She uses oxygen daily but not constantly.
Thanks in advance
Dolly