Hello I am not one for usually asking for advice but I need some help please. My 83 year old father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Dementia in January 2020 whilst he was admitted after yet another fall. He was hospitalised for over a month and in that time he fell out of bed and hit his head badly, scans were done etc but since then he is progressing at a fairly fast rate. He fell again in April at home and was taken to hospital by Ambulance and after two days wanted to come home and they would only do that with a Care Package in place. This was put in place and he has 4 visits per day, he has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica and his mobility is very compromised and he shuffles rather than walks and he can no longer stand upright he is hunched over and now saying his hips are so very painful. His confusion is becoming far more apparent now and he asks the same questions over and over again throughout the day and can at times get quite agitated I think through the frustration of not being how he used to be. He spends all day and night on his own other than the carers visits throughout the day but has no concept of time, he calls regularly saying nobody has been in when it was only an hour or two earlier and he seems to spend most of the time anxious and worried in case he falls and nobody finds him. He has a Lifeline he wears around his neck and I remind him to push it if he falls but then five minutes later he again is worried what will happen to him. I have emailed his Social Worker and asked if we could look at Residential Care for Dad before he gets much worse and it is then harder for him to settle and before he gets to a point of forgetting who I or anyone is. The Social Worker stated to me 'I have other people far worse than your Dad who deserve Residential Care before him he has carers and he does not need another assessment'. I was shocked and very upset by this attitude by him and he also said 'I have seen your father five times this year and he shows no signs of Dementia'... he was diagnosed by the Hospital Consultant and is medicated and also has a Psychiatrist yet he says he shows no signs how can that be right!!! My father is desperate to go into Residential Care so he feels safe and personally I feel it is the right time as he is not coping mentally with being alone and I worry that the time spent just sitting watching tv all day and until he falls asleep means he has no stimulation mentally and I worry this could cause him to go downhill much faster. Can anyone give me any advice on how I can go forward with this? My father has no savings and although he owns half a property it was subject to an Equity Release 15 years ago and I am not sure how much money, if any, he will get out of the property once it is sold and any monies are split between him and his ex partners Grandson (she passed away about two months ago and the half share of the property is in Trust with the Executor of the Will a solicitor until my father passes or leaves the property). As I live a good 45 miles away from my father he would like to come to Dorset so he is closer to me as I am his only family and I am desperate to feel he is safe and that by being closer to him I can see him more than once a week as I do now (albeit when I spend the day with him I am busy cleaning and doing things around his home that he cannot do which is exhausting and takes away from a social visit). Thank you for your support I am beside myself with worry and will be so grateful for any advice you can offer.