My mother is now in care home temporarily for past 6 months. NHS health practitioner/SW from same local mental health office (they have featured in the TV news lately) going in to see her in bedroom and pressuring her to do what they want. They have been in at least 5 or 6 times in past month or so,…

It’s not appropriate to give firm advice on a public site and with limited information, but I think it is important to clarify with the care home or the organisation which placed her in the care home whether they believe your mother has the mental capacity to make the decision about where she lives.…

Hello Steve, Thanks for your quick reply and information. My mother has capacity to make decisions although the hospital declared her to have no capacity after they carried out an in house capacity assessment using their ward SW, until I challenged it and they had to retest which restored capacity…

She is perfectly within her rights to ask for someone to be present during a future meeting. She could ask for advocacy support, but I’m not sure whether she may fall between the stools of statutory Care Act advocacy and mental capacity advocacy. She has mental capacity so an Independent Mental Cap…

Hello Steve, But could my mother tell the care home she did not want visits from social services/NHS unless they were arranged in advance. ie by appointment. This way she could be supported during a SS/NHS visit? Thanks AJM

If she says she wants someone present during a visit, then it seems to me that visits will need to be planned in advance. I would have thought this was no more than good practice in any case.

I think it worth reading through the Choice Regulations concerning accommodation with care that applies to both England and Wales. In England, the Regulations can be found here. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2670/regulation/4/made In Wales, then you will need to go here The Care and Sup…

Hello Steve, Thanks again for answers. Yes this seems correct and I thought they would have done it like this as good practice. But if the purpose of these repeat visits is to make my mother change her mind to do what the NHS/SS want then the presence of a witness or advocate at these ‘private’ ch…

Hello George, Thanks for your quick response. My mother had expressed a preference, to be nearer her daughter who lives in a different council area. This was 6 months ago and her health is now worse and staying in bed all day, actively wishing to be left where she is, not moved about; now wanting …

Is your mother being asked to consider the other home as the LA and NHS consider the current home is not meeting her needs? Has there been a formal reassessment? If so, does the assessment identify specific needs that would require a change in accommodation/care?

Hello George, No there is no mention of her needs as far as I know since the NHS/LA has not involved me in these chats with my mother. I have not been invited/present at any of them or been informed they were taking place. I only know because my mother told me. Her needs are being met in the care h…

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Repeated pressuring of elderly vulnerable woman of 90 yrs old by NHS practitioner/SW in care home

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