Hi
Just before Christmas it was agreed that my dad and I should look for an EMI nursing home for my mum. She is currently on an assessment ward.
We went and looked at the four local homes pre Christmas and at the beginning of Jan the social worker put my mum's name down on a list, saying that it was likely to be about three months before she would be placed as there was a waiting list.
Yesterday afternoon the assessment ward rang my dad and told him that the home had assessed my mum on Tuesday, a social services panel had met to agree funding on Wednesday and that they would be moving her this Monday.
Am I right in thinking this is unreasonable?- if we'd had a week's notice we could have personalised her room, had a chat to the manager about her care plan etc etc - just done things properly! I live a few hours drive away, so its not like I can just nip round at a minute's notice and sort things. I've called the consultant to ask for a few day's grace but he hasn't come back yet. How far can I press for some leeway?
Steph
Just before Christmas it was agreed that my dad and I should look for an EMI nursing home for my mum. She is currently on an assessment ward.
We went and looked at the four local homes pre Christmas and at the beginning of Jan the social worker put my mum's name down on a list, saying that it was likely to be about three months before she would be placed as there was a waiting list.
Yesterday afternoon the assessment ward rang my dad and told him that the home had assessed my mum on Tuesday, a social services panel had met to agree funding on Wednesday and that they would be moving her this Monday.
Am I right in thinking this is unreasonable?- if we'd had a week's notice we could have personalised her room, had a chat to the manager about her care plan etc etc - just done things properly! I live a few hours drive away, so its not like I can just nip round at a minute's notice and sort things. I've called the consultant to ask for a few day's grace but he hasn't come back yet. How far can I press for some leeway?
Steph