Access To Carers

Strumms

Folks,

I have a relative in their late 50’s recovering from a Long term illness, they have had a carer although it’s at this stage thankfully not really needed my relative wants their independence back.

They wish to now halt the care arrangement. They are coming up against a LOT of resistance from a family member (my aunt) who has by nature been cautious and advocates keeping the carer until after the next hospital appointment which is months away. The aunt has it in their head that if there was a relapse of the condition and the need for a carer re-emerged, the state wouldn’t facilitate as they had cancelled the previous arrangement.

There seems to be very little information out there in the public domain so I’m trying to establish... if a patient cancels care, and unexpectedly in the future a need would arise again, would there be any difficulty in the care package being approved,

Many thanks,

Strumms

GoneHome

Would they be able to keep the carer on a limited basis i.e. maybe for two hours per week or something and that way they're still in the system as such, maybe to just come in and light the fire, do a bit of a tidy up around the house, etc

Graces7

OP, you need to contact the service . This will not be the first time this has happened. They will have planned for this.

They will advise.

Strumms

Thanks guys, both good suggestions I’ll raise both, thanks.

beauf

I had some experience of this where a carer was frequently cancelled and was told hours could be reduced or withdrawn. Also told this couldn't happen.
Also people often go into respite care, and hospital, then come out and the carers come back in.
Also people move around hours a lot, from lots of short visits into fewer longer visits, or stop if family want to take over during the holidays etc.
This plays havoc with the scheduling and planning carers allocations. I think may even impact their pay. They also have limited resources and huge demand.

So I think it takes a bit of give and take from all sides. You could shift all the visits to one afternoon see if that worked.

Strumms

Thanks guys, some good insights there, thanks.

Statman55

Hi Guys
anybody know if there is such a thing as getting a person to look after my mam for 1 to 2 hours in the morning and 1to 2 hours in the evening , free board heat wifi the lot no bills plus cash??

horsey63

Have a look at thehomeshare.ie that might be what you're looking for or else its the likes of Home Instead Senior care, but you're looking at approx 28 euros per hour, 3rd option is to contact your public health nurse and see if your relative qualifies for 'free' hours. My dad passed away recently and we had a mixture of 'free' hours and privately funded hours with the same carer