I have just had a phone call from carers to say my elderly father 94 - has fallen again.
He’s up and walking but the ambulance has taken him as his ribs hurt.
I live 2 hours away. During the last month I have spent hours/days in A and E with him. Always discharged after a few days. He lives in a small nursing home.
I have just spent a week with him and visit 2 to 3 times every week.
I have a house full of people, I have so been looking forward to having today with them.
I am due to go over and stay with him tomorrow and Boxing Day.
Would it be unforgivable to leave him to the tender care of the ambulance and A and E?
Every time Ive been in A and E with him he’s just been on a trolley and I’ve had to sit elsewhere as there is no room to stand with the masses of lined up trolleys. They wheel him off for scans and X-rays and I’m left just waiting.
I’m just so fed up. He hasn’t got a lot of capacity.