I am still struggling with my fil who broke his hip in October and went into a care home. We thought to begin with he was settling, he likes the entertainment they have once or twice a week and enjoys pottering in the garden with the carers. He is registered blind and the alzheimers has got much worse than before he had the accident. He has started to keep going on about going back to his flat where he says he can manage perfectly fine with a bit of help. There was an argument over his keys, he wanted them back and was talking about popping home to have a shower! ! Hubby refused to let him have them as he has been asking anybody to take him back. He is being assessed by SS on 5th January and we are hoping that they will say he cannot return home for his own . He is so unsteady on his feet, he wobbles on two sticks ,he can't work out how to do go to the toilet on his own, we were horrified on xmas day when he didn't know what to do to go to the loo, and has been using a commode in his room. He remembers nothing in the present and on xmas day when he was with us he couldn't even feed himself without it being cut up and the food then put on his fork for him. Surely SS will say he can't manage in the flat, even if he does have capacity to make some decisions, he doesn't have capacity to understand his safety as he thinks there is nothing wrong with him. Will SS ask the home what he can and can't do, as he will tell them he can do all of it himself, who will they believe.? I wrote to SS telling them all the things he will probably tell them he can manage but in reality has no idea. We are terrified they will give him permission to return home and we can't stop him. Hubby took him to visit the flat today and he could barely manage the steps to the front door even with help and almost fell over twice. Will is SS be on our side? Fil says if we don't let him go backto the flat he will get a solicitor on to us. He doesn't remember to eat and drink unless it is put in front of him either.
Where do we stand regarding the poa for health in this instance that we have
Where do we stand regarding the poa for health in this instance that we have