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To think someone having carers 7 hours a day doesn’t reduce the risk of someone being a serious risk to themselves

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Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 11:25

With multiple attempts and hospital admissions sometimes they haven’t even told anyone to seek help. People who did mental health act assessment sent them home as they have carers 7 hours a day but untimely they do still live alone.

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AndSoFinally · 10/05/2026 18:26

Risk is always a hard one to judge. For someone with multiple DSH attempts the risk of further DSH is going to be high but the risk of coming to any actual harm because of it is pretty low (misadventure aside).

In patient stays usually not very helpful in EUPD and should ideally be avoided

CostOfLoving · 10/05/2026 16:58

Well carers for 7 hours clearly reduces the risk, it just doesn't eliminate it.

If the risk is due to emotional pain and suicidal thoughts, having carers come in periodically to support the person should help somewhat - so they are not left alone in pain for too long.

If it's more of a psychosis issue or something else then things may be less logical and they could be at risk at any moment.

In either case it obviously doesn't eliminate the risk of self-harm completely.

Unfortunately mental health services are rubbish and probably don't offer what is needed.

PoppinjayPolly · 10/05/2026 16:55

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 10/05/2026 16:44

Are you the poster with EUPD that is desperate to go back into supported living?

Thought I recognised the syntax of the post.
op it’s you and you want to have carers with you to take of all your needs?

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 10/05/2026 16:44

Are you the poster with EUPD that is desperate to go back into supported living?

AlertMentor · 10/05/2026 16:39

Short inpatient stays can in themselves be very discombobulating. Then the patient goes home, probably has to get used to completely different carers because the ones they had before the admission to hospital will now have moved on to new clients. All in all probably not really a good idea.

Kepler22B · 10/05/2026 16:26

Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 16:19

At all times

And then what? A short stay would be just that. What would happen afterwards?

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Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 16:19

At all times

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Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 16:19

Cheese55 · 10/05/2026 12:05

What do you think this would achieve? Inpatient stays are usually to start/restart medication. Are they not taking medication?

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Cheese55 · 10/05/2026 12:05

Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 11:25

Personally think they need a short inpatient stay

What do you think this would achieve? Inpatient stays are usually to start/restart medication. Are they not taking medication?

Mcdhotchoc · 10/05/2026 11:29

What are the issues? I only have experience of elderly people but you are not wrong at all.
Unless they are safe unsupervised, they ain't safe

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Youlose7777 · 10/05/2026 11:25

Personally think they need a short inpatient stay

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