Hi Bloggers
It has been a couple of days since I vented my thoughts lol.
Autumn is officially here and I have been getting the garden finished and sorting out a new front door for my mum.
She is well pleased with her new posh door lol.
The door is not the only thing I have been working on after many months of my usual "Do it tomorrow mentality" I have managed to help her sort out her request to set up a Lasting Power of Attorney.
After all that she has witnessed with grandad and the County Council grab mentality and the failing to provide, added to the further harassment she is determined that no 3rd party will have control of her welfare and then fail to provide for her.
She does not want me to be victimized and bullied in the future
We have many issues in staffordshire when it comes to the support provided to the elderly.
As horrible a situation as it is everyone should consider the unthinkable,
What if I could not manage my own health needs, What if I could not handle my own financial needs.
This could happen to you, me and at anytime in your life.
The big words "Mental Capacity"
Please take time in your busy life's to look at this and with greater urgency than your will.
My grandfather who was very organized never considered that he would ever not be able to make his own life choices.
We talked many times over the years with regard to what he wanted these conversations I would call these "When the time comes discussions".
Neither of us were over keen to have these discussions but he would occasionally broach the subject of death.
Death is very final and it is a guaranteed certainty and it will happen we are not exempt.
It was the taken and accepted norm between me and grandad that I kept his bills payed maintained his home, We were like a couple lol.
And then the unthinkable it was not a sudden death or stroke it was dementia.
My grandads world changed and I became part of his new world as well.
I gave up my job to stay at home with him as the local adult care support was just not stable enough to provide consistent visit times or care for his needs.
I had been promised respite breaks and all looked promising.
Then the broken hip after 2 days at respite the old fella had never broken a bone in his whole life.
The rest ended up as a very sad state of affairs.
I will not bang on about the conduct of the social care staff that were supposed to be there to document accurately and tell the truth, I will probably never fully understand even why.
I think it may have all started when I dared to beg for the respite break I was apparently legally allowed lol.
The rest was to become history packs of lies and threats.
Remember intimidation and threatening conduct is a criminal matter and no person is exempt cases should be reported to the police, This is a recent piece of information that I have received recently this week from a criminal lawyer..
Hopefully now the local trust have agreed to look into my complaint at board level there may be some accountability.
And now back to topic ...
Please talk to your loved ones about what they want and what there wishes are in the event of losing capacity.
If you and your loved one hold trust in each other then apply to the Office of the Public Guardian for LPA it is not just good enough for you to just have an agreement in words.
If the family do not hold an LPA no one is acting for your loved one
County Councils can apply to gain Guardianship for your loved one this can be contested and that's if you know that they have made an application.
You will not be informed if someone applies for your loved one, you must check this register if you suspect that an individual or county council is making an application
Multiple rechecks required possibly half yearly
https://www.gov.uk/find-someones-attorney-or-deputy
County Councils can remove a financial appointee and the DWP will take anything a social worker tells them as fact.
You will not be informed and neither will your loved one.
Get wise and if you genuinely care about the provision and need of your loved one.
Gain a registered Lasting Power Of Attorney this is complex but can be done without a solicitor and persons in receipt of certain benefit are exempt from fees.
You Require LPA for Health and Welfare & Financial and Property Affairs
These people are very helpfull and will give you advice regarding which forms
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney
Remember an individuals capacity is down to an individuals perception at a single point in time.
In our case our grandfather has had been assessed as being between having and not having in varying degrees.
And now he apparently has no capacity, I will never understand these capacity assessments or the ability for a health professional to state he will never regain it.
This is how I perceive his Mental Capacity, Yes he has dementia and is a very tired man he knows what he wants and when he wants it but is very forgetful, He has off days and good days.
He is my grandad and deserves the best of everything not failure at every point, He is a human being with needs it may be all well the county council are paying his care home with his money, but they are not and have never even purchased a packet of sterident or shampoo for him or even financially provided for his daily needs this has been going on for over 2 years.
And this is Adult Safeguarding
Steve
It has been a couple of days since I vented my thoughts lol.
Autumn is officially here and I have been getting the garden finished and sorting out a new front door for my mum.
She is well pleased with her new posh door lol.
The door is not the only thing I have been working on after many months of my usual "Do it tomorrow mentality" I have managed to help her sort out her request to set up a Lasting Power of Attorney.
After all that she has witnessed with grandad and the County Council grab mentality and the failing to provide, added to the further harassment she is determined that no 3rd party will have control of her welfare and then fail to provide for her.
She does not want me to be victimized and bullied in the future
We have many issues in staffordshire when it comes to the support provided to the elderly.
As horrible a situation as it is everyone should consider the unthinkable,
What if I could not manage my own health needs, What if I could not handle my own financial needs.
This could happen to you, me and at anytime in your life.
The big words "Mental Capacity"
Please take time in your busy life's to look at this and with greater urgency than your will.
My grandfather who was very organized never considered that he would ever not be able to make his own life choices.
We talked many times over the years with regard to what he wanted these conversations I would call these "When the time comes discussions".
Neither of us were over keen to have these discussions but he would occasionally broach the subject of death.
Death is very final and it is a guaranteed certainty and it will happen we are not exempt.
It was the taken and accepted norm between me and grandad that I kept his bills payed maintained his home, We were like a couple lol.
And then the unthinkable it was not a sudden death or stroke it was dementia.
My grandads world changed and I became part of his new world as well.
I gave up my job to stay at home with him as the local adult care support was just not stable enough to provide consistent visit times or care for his needs.
I had been promised respite breaks and all looked promising.
Then the broken hip after 2 days at respite the old fella had never broken a bone in his whole life.
The rest ended up as a very sad state of affairs.
I will not bang on about the conduct of the social care staff that were supposed to be there to document accurately and tell the truth, I will probably never fully understand even why.
I think it may have all started when I dared to beg for the respite break I was apparently legally allowed lol.
The rest was to become history packs of lies and threats.
Remember intimidation and threatening conduct is a criminal matter and no person is exempt cases should be reported to the police, This is a recent piece of information that I have received recently this week from a criminal lawyer..
Hopefully now the local trust have agreed to look into my complaint at board level there may be some accountability.
And now back to topic ...
Please talk to your loved ones about what they want and what there wishes are in the event of losing capacity.
If you and your loved one hold trust in each other then apply to the Office of the Public Guardian for LPA it is not just good enough for you to just have an agreement in words.
If the family do not hold an LPA no one is acting for your loved one
County Councils can apply to gain Guardianship for your loved one this can be contested and that's if you know that they have made an application.
You will not be informed if someone applies for your loved one, you must check this register if you suspect that an individual or county council is making an application
Multiple rechecks required possibly half yearly
https://www.gov.uk/find-someones-attorney-or-deputy
County Councils can remove a financial appointee and the DWP will take anything a social worker tells them as fact.
You will not be informed and neither will your loved one.
Get wise and if you genuinely care about the provision and need of your loved one.
Gain a registered Lasting Power Of Attorney this is complex but can be done without a solicitor and persons in receipt of certain benefit are exempt from fees.
You Require LPA for Health and Welfare & Financial and Property Affairs
These people are very helpfull and will give you advice regarding which forms
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney
Remember an individuals capacity is down to an individuals perception at a single point in time.
In our case our grandfather has had been assessed as being between having and not having in varying degrees.
And now he apparently has no capacity, I will never understand these capacity assessments or the ability for a health professional to state he will never regain it.
This is how I perceive his Mental Capacity, Yes he has dementia and is a very tired man he knows what he wants and when he wants it but is very forgetful, He has off days and good days.
He is my grandad and deserves the best of everything not failure at every point, He is a human being with needs it may be all well the county council are paying his care home with his money, but they are not and have never even purchased a packet of sterident or shampoo for him or even financially provided for his daily needs this has been going on for over 2 years.
And this is Adult Safeguarding
Steve
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