"Gran's dementia story"

I won’t lie and say that this has been an easy journey and there have been many hurdles along the way. I personally feel that the gps and hospitals could do more to help people with dementia but unfortunately I feel they get easily lost in the system. We have experienced hospitals wanting to put them home without care plans etc in place or gps not monitoring weight properly and saying that a patient has full capacity when they obviously do not as they can no longer recognise family members, work a remote control or do simple daily tasks.

What I would say though is that with the proper care assessor in place the process is made so much easier and they are worth their weight in gold. The help that Emma has given us has been amazing, my gran has lost no more weight, ensure drinks have been put in place and monitored daily and Scotia care have been put in place at tea time. Emma has also tried to get my gran to go to clubs but unfortunately she isn’t up for this.

Scotia care have been fantastic; the girls phone if gran isn’t there and they even assessed her and let the nurses know when she had a fall then contacted me, Emma even contacted Scotia and asked for the tea times to be swapped and Scotia managed to do this. This service has personally been a breath of fresh air for me and I could not praise the team enough. 

Thank you.