My Dad has been in respite care for just over 8 weeks, it is funded by Social Services, that funding ran out on Friday. It will be 4 weeks tomorrow since we told Social Services that he would need care permanently, that we just couldn’t cope with him at home because Mum has health problems of her own that were being made worse by caring for Dad.
Before Social Services approve funding for him to stay in care they have to visit him and talk to my brother who has LPA along with Mum. Whilst they’ve talked to Mum, they haven’t talked to Dad or my brother.
The care home are keeping him in for now but with no certainty of who will be funding it. The social worker only works 3 days a week so when it gets to the end of the day Thursday and she still hasn’t been in touch we have to wait until Tuesday to find out what is happening, only to be told it will be sorted out later that week.
Is this normal from Social Services? Is there any way we can get this moved along? Whilst money can come out of his savings to pay for a certain amount of care, that isn’t the only issue. It is the not knowing, it is not being able to sort out all the changes to finances once he becomes permanent. It is not being able to do stuff we need to adapt the house for Mum and wondering if we might be told if Social Services will pay but only if he moves to a different home.
On the one hand there is no reason they shouldn’t approve it, on the other hand until we get it confirmed there is just that persistent worry of what issues we might have to deal with.