Service user choice is a fine thing but leads to dilemmas when those choices put too much pressure on other, already concerned, family members, as Jennifer Harvey relates from her own recent experience

by Jennifer Harvey

Months have gone by, and emotions are less raw. My mum is now in a nursing home, having been assessed as needing 24-hour nursing and EMI (elderly mentally ill) care.
It's been a long haul, and too distressing to write about for a while. In many ways the worst is over, in some ways it is yet to come.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-care-experts-blog/2008/07/when-the-light-is-fading.html

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Posted 30 Jul 2008 5:27 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog | Report Abuse

Filed under: Adult care, Carers, nursing homes, assessment, choice, Older People, care homes, EMI