Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. My mum is in hospital / rehabilitation unit after having a stoke the end of last year which took away her left side mobility. Since then she has had another stroke which has taken her mental capacity and communication/speech. At her first continuing healthcare assessment mum had not had a psychological assessment so they said she was not fully optimised. We have been waiting for as assessment for a while and now and a new chc meeting has been booked saying that a review of her mental health has been done (not a full psych assessment which she needs) and that she is a little better and to keep on the same meds
When I visit mum, I see the decline in her health . She is hallucinating, unable to control emotions, confused. unable to communicate well or fully understand us. She is also asking us where her mom and dad are who passed many years ago etc.
The consultant is saying it is not his department and that the psychiatrist has said she is fit to go out into a nursing home.
What can I do? I feel she needs the full assessment as she may now have vascular dementia and we need to know her full care needs.
She has another chc booked for in a couple of weeks. Chances are with the psych review as it stands she likely won’t get the funding, even though she is locked in her own body physically, mentally and without communication.
I understand she now needs to go into a nursing home, but we need to know her needs so she is not moved again. Also I have been told if she does not get a full psychological assessment in the hospital, then when she is discharged her chances of getting one is very low. So what…she ends up another poor soul lost in the system?
If anyone can help, I would be so grateful as I am at a loss where to go with this now. Thank you.