Quote Originally Posted by IanD View Post
That ticking time bomb has well and truly gone off since 18 years ago. If you can get Social Services involved, care is means-tested with a patient contribution capped at Ł90 per week. My mother had 4x carers per day but was bed ridden, terminally ill, by the time care was sorted. The care is outsourced to private companies who bid for the work. Five weeks of care and she passed away. No chance of getting that care transferred to my ill dad. Start all over again.
My 91 y.o. dad was taken to A and E yesterday. 10 hours mainly in a corridor on a trolley. The staff have been great but there are still relatives threatening them if they dont attend to their family member straight away.
Dont worry though. Boris will sort it out (ie more backdoor NHS privatisation).
Its fecking disgraceful , my mother had two serious infections over the summer and only now have they all come together

But I don't blame social services or the NHS .......its best that older people are looked after at home but central government have for ten years starved the service providers of cash , we have private carers who are employed by the council and you can see the difference .......first six weeks she was under the council resettlement team who were all fully trained care workers , the private carers who were awarded the contract are all pleasant enough but the standard of care isn't very good , it's a no win situation