I have written about my sister before. She has frontotemporal dementia and lives alone at home. She has a care package of 17.5 hrs/week. Recently she has been experiencing backache, and I have been in touch with her GP practice and we have an upcoming appointment with a physio.
We manage her pain with OTC paracetamol. The paracetamol is kept in a medicine safe so that she cannot take more than the standard dose. Her carer refused to give her the paracetamol for her pain because it wasn't prescribed. They continued to refuse even when I asked them on the phone to give the painkiller and suggested that I drive the 13 miles to my sister to give her the medication, claiming that it was more than their job was worth.
I feel so disappointed that carers can be so uncaring. The regulations around what carers can and cannot give need to be looked at. This carer would not accept my instruction to administer the paracetamol.
"Not person-centred"
About: Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership
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Update posted by gruffthree (a carer) 9 months ago