Paying for Care

chcfan24

Errata wrote: »

Actually, it's enough to put them in prison for administering a noxious substance. I wonder why it wasn't picked up?

It was picked up, during the early months of 2007 while my dad was alive I witnessed him being given the antipsychotic, I even commented to the CPN and the home that this drug was sedating him so heavily he was missing meals. The CPN came back to me after making so called enquiries to say he was being fed when he woke.

But jumping back to early 2006 I had requested an assessment for my dad with a view of him being awarded CHC. The MDT meeting consisting of PCT, SS, Manager of Care Home and me, the PCT assessor while filling in the assessment form asked the manager if my dad was being given Haloperidol, the manager confirmed he was and this was recorded in the assessment. I truly believed this had been prescribed for him.

I requested a retrospective review and was given a date in Nov'07. I was provided with all care home notes, MAR charts, medical notes, GP notes etc. While ploughing through all these in the process of preparing my own case for gaining CHC funding I began by listing medication I couldn't find Haloperidol anywhere. It wasn't recorded in GP notes, MAR charts etc.

I contacted the PCT Assessor assigned to my case who called to see my dad's GP, he denied ever prescribing Haloperidol for him. She then called at the care home and asked the manager if she was giving my dad Haloperidol, she confirmed she was.

You would think cut and dried, I contacted POVA the chap went to visit the PCT who told him the PCT wanted to investigate. That was Nov'07 in Jan'08 I was told by a PCT Director it hadn't been investigated because my dad was dead and no further harm could come to him (actual words said). I went to the police, the CID chap was very good and sympathetic but as soon as the PCT found out he was taken off the case and the PCT sent their policeman to see me at home. Some may say they don't have policemen but this one worked part time for POVA anyway he was sent to intimidate me and frighten me off.

Also the Clinical Director PCT contacted my GP about me. My GP was quite brave really telling me this as the Director is his boss. I wrote asking her what did she want him to do with me but she being the coward she is denied ever doing this.

The care home notes report that my dad was collapsing out of his chair to the floor and suffering diabetic hypo all through the heavy sedation. I visited in a morning at 10.30 he was asleep, I visited at 2.30 he was asleep. I attended a meeting at the home in April 2007, the CPN who I had raised my concerns with previously waited until everyone left the room then told me that day my dad had been aslep since 10.00 it was then 4.30.

This home is a 3 star home that charged £2000 per month and allowed 65p per day food allowance. During all this time while I have been battling for justice the owner took this home off his website it is still mentioned but you can't view, it is in hiding. Or the reason could be he had been promoted to Chairman of a caring organisation. He needs to sort out his own before trying to sort out others.