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Double incontinence
Injection for diabetes ( observed by diabetic nurse practitioner and respite home as unable to self medicate)
Vascular dementia
Very poor mobility , danger of falls
Refuses/not able to wash so hygiene poor
Open sores on legs as a side issue from diabetes , possibly cause of persistent low level infection (due to dementia they pick at wound continually if Ieft uncovered)
3 ambulance call outs and admissions to hospital in last 9 months , the last by the visiting diabetic nurse who was concerned about his health not by his family.
I may start a new thread detailing the whole process from start to finish.
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do not have mental capacity to make own decisions
All discussions to be with the attorney not his wife ( attorney also has LPA for them).
Full CHC evaluation to take place.
Under no circumstances is he to be sent home (failed hospital discharge is very costly to the trust )
We will see what happens next
Also a separate PALS complaint after a phone call from someone in the hospital , assume the bed management team, saying to his wife that " we are sending him home and there is nothing you can do to stop it " . Totally disgusting behaviour which I assume is happening to other poor people
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Just been working with the dscharge team to decide whether someone can go home or needs a palliative care bed. I was promised nothing would happen till I'd done my bit. Person discharged by ward without discharge teams knowledge.
Good luck with it all.
ETA - for those who may not know, being given CHC funding doesn't mean it's there permanently. There are 6 week then annual reviews and sometimes the person No longer qualifies. Which may seem counterintuitive as dementia progresses, but if the funding is mainly due (for example) to behavioural issues and behaviour settles than can be assessed as full nursing funded no longer being needed.
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https://www.beaconchc.co.uk/faqs/screening-checklist/
Who have a checklist and helpline.
I noticed that they also handle appeals for you for a fee
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Interestingly he was assessed in hospital as being competent mentally by the panel and he was moved from hospital to an assessment unit care home.
we had a family meeting with just the hospital social worker within 5 minutes she looked at us and said "he's not got mental capacity has he" and everything happened quickly after that.
His permanent place is in the care home attached to the assessment unit so minimum upheaval
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No one here appears to have done the extensive amount of research that is necessary to really know what rules apply when a person is assessed for CHC. Even the 'assessors' are not trained in the Law that lies behind this funding. The system is rife with deliberate misinformation and often illegally denies funding relying on the fact that people can't access clear information easily. Unfortunately despite having been registered with this forum for more than 10 years so far I have been unable to post useful links here. Best starting point are youtube videos by Professor Luke Clements :
"Social Care Law Lecture Series - NHS Continuing Health Care & Law"
then use useful forums such as Care to Be Different. I will say you need to study everything you can including all the care acts. If I am given the opportunity I will post links at some point. In the meantime please sign and post the petition (copy and paste: Start a public enquiry into NHS Continuing Healthcare ). I will try to add the link.
No one here appears to have done the extensive amount of research that is necessary to really know what rules apply when a person is assessed for CHC. Even the 'assessors' are not trained in the Law that lies behind this funding. The system is rife with deliberate misinformation and often illegally denies funding relying on the fact that people can't access clear information easily. Unfortunately despite having been registered with this forum for more than 10 years so far I have been unable to post useful links here. Best starting point are youtube videos by Professor Luke Clements :
"Social Care Law Lecture Series - NHS Continuing Health Care & Law"
then use useful forums such as Care to Be Different. I will say you need to study everything you can including all the care acts. If I am given the opportunity I will post links at some point. In the meantime please sign and post the petition (copy and paste: Start a public enquiry into NHS Continuing Healthcare ). Tried to add the link but not allowed.