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Elderly parents

Won’t engage with carers

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Edinlassy · 29/11/2023 17:28

Hi

looking for some advice. My mother has been sick for a long time and this year has really went downhill. After a 7 week stay in hospital she was discharged with carers 4 times per day. Huge relief to me that care was coming in as she was not managing and I was struggling so much to keep on top of everything. Her house was infested with flies, poo on the floor, mouldy cups everywhere. It was a bad state of affairs.

Lots if back story but my issue is now she is refusing to allow the carers into her home. She barricades the door shut so they can’t let themselves in and shouts at them to f@@@ off. They still attend but never gain entry. Her house is back to all levels of disgusting and I’m so worried medical help couldn’t get into her flat if needed. She is wheelchair bound and fell out of it the other day and instead of pulling her help cord she pulled herself into the hallway and made the other elderly residents (sheltered accom) lift her up.

i am wondering what happens when they condition of someone getting home is that they accept carers but when they get home they refuse access? Has anyone ever been in this situation?

thanks

OP posts:
Edinlassy · 29/11/2023 17:48

She has been assessed whilst in hospital and was deemed to have no capacity to make medical decisions in her best interest. Carers want to stop due to the abuse and waste of their time but hospital social worker said they need to keep attending.

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lookingforMolly · 29/11/2023 17:39

This happened with my Nan who got vascular dementia & psychosis.
She needed personal care badly but would literally chase the (very nice) carers out of her flat shouting fuck off. Even my mum couldn't help her.
She never swore before the psychosis & would have been mortified at her own behaviour.
She was sectioned in the end as she became a danger to herself and others and covertly medicated with anti psychotics which returned her to a state of pleasant forgetfulness and she was 'nice Nan' again... sadly she died soon after of aspiration pneumonia.

I'm not saying your mum has actual psychosis or even dementia like my Nan; but her mental state could be worth getting looked at by her Gp or by the community mental health team in case there's anything they can do to help.

Auntieobem · 29/11/2023 17:38

If she has capacity and refuses care then it will be withdrawn.