Double Carer Worry
Discussion
First of all, your father sounds like a very caring man who has found himself in a difficult situation.
If you dad wants help with your Uncle, now would be the time to speak to the therapy staff at the hospital, who have probably assessed him knowing that your father is helping and explain to them that circumstances have changed. He may or may not be entitled to help, but they could re-asses as if he was going home alone with out support, as they have a responsibility to make sure his discharge is safe.
His partner already sounds like she is on a large package with anything more than four calls a day being extremely rare. Usually the next stage would be a placement.
If your father does decide to take on all the care and then does struggle, he needs to get on to social services / GP straight away. They have a responsibility to make sure that the care needs are being met and can re-assess in the community, although this can sometimes be a battle.
If you dad wants help with your Uncle, now would be the time to speak to the therapy staff at the hospital, who have probably assessed him knowing that your father is helping and explain to them that circumstances have changed. He may or may not be entitled to help, but they could re-asses as if he was going home alone with out support, as they have a responsibility to make sure his discharge is safe.
His partner already sounds like she is on a large package with anything more than four calls a day being extremely rare. Usually the next stage would be a placement.
If your father does decide to take on all the care and then does struggle, he needs to get on to social services / GP straight away. They have a responsibility to make sure that the care needs are being met and can re-assess in the community, although this can sometimes be a battle.
If he wants to do it, maybe just find a way to help manage the workload for him?
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lllnorrislll said:
First of all, your father sounds like a very caring man who has found himself in a difficult situation.
If you dad wants help with your Uncle, now would be the time to speak to the therapy staff at the hospital, who have probably assessed him knowing that your father is helping and explain to them that circumstances have changed. He may or may not be entitled to help, but they could re-asses as if he was going home alone with out support, as they have a responsibility to make sure his discharge is safe.
His partner already sounds like she is on a large package with anything more than four calls a day being extremely rare. Usually the next stage would be a placement.
If your father does decide to take on all the care and then does struggle, he needs to get on to social services / GP straight away. They have a responsibility to make sure that the care needs are being met and can re-assess in the community, although this can sometimes be a battle.
He went to the hospital today to visit his partner as he has done every single day since she was admitted and the social worker and doctor on the ward have told him that she won't be going anywhere for sometime so months rather than weeks. They said they would recommend placing her in a specialist care placement to see if she improves significantly. Although she can communicate it appeared they had done a lot of tests and he answered yes and then no to the same questions being ask.If you dad wants help with your Uncle, now would be the time to speak to the therapy staff at the hospital, who have probably assessed him knowing that your father is helping and explain to them that circumstances have changed. He may or may not be entitled to help, but they could re-asses as if he was going home alone with out support, as they have a responsibility to make sure his discharge is safe.
His partner already sounds like she is on a large package with anything more than four calls a day being extremely rare. Usually the next stage would be a placement.
If your father does decide to take on all the care and then does struggle, he needs to get on to social services / GP straight away. They have a responsibility to make sure that the care needs are being met and can re-assess in the community, although this can sometimes be a battle.
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