Had some difficult times over the last few weeks culminating in having to get Police assistance to find Jean who had wndered off, dressed but in carpet slippers.
They managed to locate her in someone's house about a mile and a half away. She was in a very distressed condition as well as being worn out from the walk.
I have pushed my case with the Social Services and got the usual reply that, because she is under 65 there are no daycare centres which will take her for a few hours a day whilst I am at work.
They did, however, tell me about a voucher scheme whereby I can receive funding to appoint my own carer for so many hours a week.
The Social worker who is dealing with my case openly admits that, if I were to take this up, I would be traiblazing for the Doncaster area as no one else appears to be on this system and that he, the Social Worker, had no idea how the system works.
Does anyone have any experience of this system or know of anyone in the Doncaster area who is actually using the system, this latter because I have learned to check everything Soc. Serv people tell me.?
The other thing he said is that each area may have different variations of the system and that what applies in one area may not necessarily apply in others.
They managed to locate her in someone's house about a mile and a half away. She was in a very distressed condition as well as being worn out from the walk.
I have pushed my case with the Social Services and got the usual reply that, because she is under 65 there are no daycare centres which will take her for a few hours a day whilst I am at work.
They did, however, tell me about a voucher scheme whereby I can receive funding to appoint my own carer for so many hours a week.
The Social worker who is dealing with my case openly admits that, if I were to take this up, I would be traiblazing for the Doncaster area as no one else appears to be on this system and that he, the Social Worker, had no idea how the system works.
Does anyone have any experience of this system or know of anyone in the Doncaster area who is actually using the system, this latter because I have learned to check everything Soc. Serv people tell me.?
The other thing he said is that each area may have different variations of the system and that what applies in one area may not necessarily apply in others.