Everyone here says contact the doctor or social worker when a patient is showing symptoms of dementia
well again today I have spoken to my Mothers Doctor and response was :-
"Our staff have also noticed the difficulties your Mother has however with current legislation if the patient has no insight into their condition and is independantly minded and refuses point blank all offers of help and will not go into a home theres nothing we can do until a crisis occurs .
If she had a mental illness we could section her under the Mental Health Act but dementia does not qualify "
So until my Mother has a fall, is mugged , blows the house up by leaving the gas on etc etc we have to sit back and wait or struggle to cope with the situation
If thats the result of the Human Rights Act they can keep it
The world has gone totally mad
well again today I have spoken to my Mothers Doctor and response was :-
"Our staff have also noticed the difficulties your Mother has however with current legislation if the patient has no insight into their condition and is independantly minded and refuses point blank all offers of help and will not go into a home theres nothing we can do until a crisis occurs .
If she had a mental illness we could section her under the Mental Health Act but dementia does not qualify "
So until my Mother has a fall, is mugged , blows the house up by leaving the gas on etc etc we have to sit back and wait or struggle to cope with the situation
If thats the result of the Human Rights Act they can keep it
The world has gone totally mad
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