Things are getting more and more frustrating for our familly because it seems there is no suitable provision locally to care for my father (aged 61 now) who has advanced Alzheimers.
He has been in two homes now and has spent a long time in a hospital assessmen center in between. The hospital don't want him there because he is taking up bed space and really shouldn't be staying long term in an assessment center.
The first home he was put into sent him back to the hospital after 6 weeks because they couldn't cope with some of his aggressive behaviour.
The second home looked after him for a few months before a couple of aggressive moments resulted in another 'service user' being injured resulted in him being sent back to the hospital again.
Both of these homes have a licence for the under 65s with dementia. Both of these homes were very happy to take the money (CCF funding from social services), but when they don't provide the approapriate care it is very frustrating.
While I understand that homes have a duty of care to all their 'service users', but aggression is a part of the condition. If they cannot deal with this then they shouldn't have a licence. They shouldn't be allowed to take the money then reject the 'bad ones'. Afterall this isn't my father's fault. He can't help himself.
Mum can't care for him at home because she has to work to make ends meet. Afterall she isn't old enough to retire yet.
So now we learn that we might have to consider sending my father to another county because there is nowhere else in Bedfordshire who can take him with his needs. How crazy is that! Social services are frustrated too - afterall it is their money that is funding his medical needs. They want to place my father locally so that my mother can visit him more easily - but with no local provision their hands are tied. it seems they are at the mercy of these homes.
Rant over now. This is a terrible condition made worse by a system that fails to support those that need this kind of help. Is anyone else having this sort of problem? My family can't be unique?
Steve
He has been in two homes now and has spent a long time in a hospital assessmen center in between. The hospital don't want him there because he is taking up bed space and really shouldn't be staying long term in an assessment center.
The first home he was put into sent him back to the hospital after 6 weeks because they couldn't cope with some of his aggressive behaviour.
The second home looked after him for a few months before a couple of aggressive moments resulted in another 'service user' being injured resulted in him being sent back to the hospital again.
Both of these homes have a licence for the under 65s with dementia. Both of these homes were very happy to take the money (CCF funding from social services), but when they don't provide the approapriate care it is very frustrating.
While I understand that homes have a duty of care to all their 'service users', but aggression is a part of the condition. If they cannot deal with this then they shouldn't have a licence. They shouldn't be allowed to take the money then reject the 'bad ones'. Afterall this isn't my father's fault. He can't help himself.
Mum can't care for him at home because she has to work to make ends meet. Afterall she isn't old enough to retire yet.
So now we learn that we might have to consider sending my father to another county because there is nowhere else in Bedfordshire who can take him with his needs. How crazy is that! Social services are frustrated too - afterall it is their money that is funding his medical needs. They want to place my father locally so that my mother can visit him more easily - but with no local provision their hands are tied. it seems they are at the mercy of these homes.
Rant over now. This is a terrible condition made worse by a system that fails to support those that need this kind of help. Is anyone else having this sort of problem? My family can't be unique?
Steve