http://www.careathome.org/forum A blog for discussions and news articles on elderly home care Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.careathome.org/forum/contact-us-at-care-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-892 mariadebs Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:40:09 +0000 http://www.careathome.org/forum/?page_id=100#comment-892 I am confused by CHC. My mother is treminally ill with breast cancer. She spent four weeks in hospital sorting out getting her lung drained. There they determined she was not eligible for CHC. She spent 4 weeks in the community with 24 hour support from family- GPs being called twice a week, district nurse every day. It turns out she was really badly constipated. She is now in the hospice getting all her symptoms sorted out and will be in for two weeks. They say she does not meet the criteria for the fast track as she is lilely to live more than four weeks. But they also say she does not meet the criteria to be referred for CHC. Basically we have been unable to get an assessment of her needs. She probably only has 2-3 months to live and laready we have these complications. I know you can't answer personal circumstances- but just how terminal do you have to be to even get an assessment. The hospice says they regularly have people die a few days after being turned down!!!!! I am confused by CHC. My mother is treminally ill with breast cancer. She spent four weeks in hospital sorting out getting her lung drained. There they determined she was not eligible for CHC. She spent 4 weeks in the community with 24 hour support from family- GPs being called twice a week, district nurse every day. It turns out she was really badly constipated. She is now in the hospice getting all her symptoms sorted out and will be in for two weeks. They say she does not meet the criteria for the fast track as she is lilely to live more than four weeks. But they also say she does not meet the criteria to be referred for CHC. Basically we have been unable to get an assessment of her needs. She probably only has 2-3 months to live and laready we have these complications. I know you can’t answer personal circumstances- but just how terminal do you have to be to even get an assessment. The hospice says they regularly have people die a few days after being turned down!!!!!

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