Breakthrough on care funding

Farway

AA is by doctor, not always easy, it depends on doctors view

Obviously if you are limbless etc then no arguments, but some cases may be borderline, like maybe partial sight or suchlike

I had a friend with Parkinson's and it took ages to get AA, but then that was his doctor, some doctors would agree Parkinson's requires help, others may not, and of course in that type of case it is very subjective

EdInvestor

Errata wrote: »

The direction of travel is to support people with dementia in their own homes through workers and telecare, which for many will be far more appropriate and humane than being warehoused in a care home.

One would hope so.The following article is one of the most depressing I've ever read about what happens in care homes (and this on the day we have another nasty case of five murder charges at a home which had immediately previously passed an inspection.)There is clearly something fundamentally wrong here..

The misery is perhaps the most appalling aspect.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=501203&in_page_id=1774

seven-day-weekend

Ed, I can't get your link to work.

My sister was in a care home for Alzheimer's.

Luckily it was an excellent one, but it took her family ages to find it. Her daughter is a social worker for people with Alzheimer's, her daughter-in-law used to manage a nursing home, and another d-i-l is a nurse....they knew waht they should be looking for and they almost gave up hope of finding a home that would meet her needs. They had looked after her at home for as long as they were all physically able.

It really is most worrying about the standards of care in many homes.

Biggles

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Ed, I can't get your link to work.

Nor could I, but the last few characters didn't look as though they belong, so if you delete them, thus http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=501203&in_page_id=1774
you get a link that works.

seven-day-weekend

Thanks Biggles, but I wish I hadn't read it.

How absolutely appalling.

The writer of the article blames the level of care on lack of training, but surely it doesn't take training to allow someone privacy on the toilet or to help them dress in decent clothes? And why wasn't the lady with Alzheimers allowed to wave goodbye to her daughter?

It worries and frightens me.

monkeyspanner

Thanks Biggles. God how depressing. I think I'll start the secret stash now.

seven-day-weekend

Agree monkeyspanner. Our Spanish house is our care at home fees.

Biggles

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Thanks Biggles, but I wish I hadn't read it.

How absolutely appalling.

The writer of the article blames the level of care on lack of training, but surely it doesn't take training to allow someone privacy on the toilet or to help them dress in decent clothes? And why wasn't the lady with Alzheimers allowed to wave goodbye to her daughter?

It worries and frightens me.

Good grief, I'm glad I didn't read it! I just found a link that worked and closed the window, sounds like a good decision......

seven-day-weekend

Certainly was Biggles. I'm still thinking about it this morning.

EdInvestor

Some stats about dementia:

• There are currently 700,000 people with dementia in the UK.
• Two thirds of people with dementia are women.
• The financial cost of dementia to the UK is over £17 billion a year.
• Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £6 billion a year.
• 64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia.
• Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.

Dementia UK Report

I make that around 250,000 people living in care homes of which around 150,000 are ladies with dementia, plus double that number of ladies with dementia living at home.

Given that so many sufferers - and their carers - are female, and the whole issue is being so badly handled despite the massive amounts of money being thrown at it, this is beginning to look like it might be the "women's issue" of the babyboomer generation. Not only are the victims very badly treated, but their carers are exploited as well. :mad: