Hi
I have a case where I am being asked to move a service user from the nursing home, where her needs are being met extremely well, to another one. The only reason being, the care provider has not signed the councils new contracts. I have completed a risk assessment detailing my concerns, as I feel it is not in her best interests to be moved for various reasons. Her IMCA also expresses the same concerns. She was placed in her current placement when she became eligible for CHC funding and the residential home could no longer cope with her extreme behaviours. Her weight had become dangerously low. The nursing home she is in are now managing her so well, that her weight has increased and she is no longer CHC funded - hence the councils decision that she has to be moved.
All the homes I have contacted so far will not take her as they feel the risks are too high. I have now been told to change my risk assessment!!
Does anyone have any advice or know where I stand legally for this service user?
Many thanks
This decision is clearly not in the client's best interests. Is there a family that would intervene?
Iwould be writing to the lead of mental health/assistant director in yoru area. Can the care home not sign the contract now and send back? It sounds like they want to sign over responsibilities without thinking this through.
This decison needs to be looked at .