Getting Social Services Involved

[exhaustedaugust]

Hi. I am going to have to get social services involved in making sure that my parent has enough care in place. This might be increasing the amount of care calls she has or finding a care home. My parent has to pay for her own care.

Has anyone done this and taken a bit of a step back? Me and my siblings only have deputyship for finances.

Any advice or experiences would be appreciated. Thanks

Unfortunately, in most cases social services will avoid any intervention with people who are self-funders. Your parent would still be entitled to a Care Needs Assessment under the care act, but I often find that social workers take a person's word for what they are able to do. So if a person lacks insight and says they do all their own cooking and washing, etc. A social worker may not dig deeper to find out if that's true.

Start looking for a suitable care home, visit them all and get all the costs..establish what sort of needs they cater for (not all of them will deal with Dementia care) and get their name down at the one you like and get them in. Social Services won’t be interested.

Sorry, I didn't explain properly:

Social Services are already involved. I want to discuss concerns and get guidance, taking into consideration other family members' opinions so that a care plan can be put in place. I don't expect social services to fund things and my parent doesn't have the capacity to understand what his needs are.

I don't want all the responsibility of making these decisions to be on me for various reasons

@exhaustedaugust you need to contact the social worker and ask for a reassessment. However if your relative insists they are fine, they can manage social services will take their word for it. How much care are they currently getting???

Sounds like a really difficult situation OP