LOSING 6LB in 3 days isnt normal. I'm the sole carer for my wife and in all the time I've been taking her here (over 2 years) she's only once seen the same person once, who vaguely recollected who she was because of MY accent???
Her care coordinator is usually lovely but recently things have been getting worse and I am not okay either having to deal with this alone. Said coordinator berated her telling her to grow up when INVOLUNTARILY mentally regressed due to severe cptsd and bipolar, told me to do a 'better job' and stop 'running around' after her. What else am I supposed to do???
When she overdosed 2 weeks after an appointment it took 2 months to get a follow up because yanno, she OD'd maybe she ought to see someone?
The amount of times we have been palmed off, ignored, downplayed and had appointments cancelled and spent months waiting for a next one is not acceptable. Seeing a different person each time and having to explain everything all over again is NOT acceptable. Being taken off of medication she was stable on for 2 years because she 'doesnt have bipolar that's audhd' and then her health taking a nosedive is UNACCEPTABLE.
I want to take this further, you have ruined both our lives when you are supposed to be help.
"Poor support for lone carer and poor care"
About: Caebryn Mental Health Unit / Mental Illness Caebryn Mental Health Unit Mental Illness SA14 8QF
Posted by LoneCarer (as ),
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