Social care experiences

Like boheminanmy late MIL had a carepackage put in place before she was discharged .She had 2 carers 4 times a day ,all the aids needed fitted before she came home.The care lasted until she died a year later at the beginning of December
,My neighbour lost his leg during the first lockdown ,he has carers 4times a day every day and hospital transport takes him to and from appointments weekly .
There are areas where its not so good ,where there is a shortage of staff , but we have always been very happy with NHS treatment and social care for ourselves our family and friends

Agree with Iam64, you need to know what you are entitled to, be assertive and fight tooth and nail with the threat of a complaint. My daughter is in intensive care and it will be many weeks before a discharge but I have started already. In my experience there a very few social workers who are any good with many being as much good as a chocolate fireguard

I can honestly say that Kettering general hospital were brilliant when my elderly brother was in and out of hospital during the last year of his life.
As was the local Isebrook hospital where he stayed for a couple of months in the early part of last year.
The house was assessed and he had a hospital bed, heart monitor, everything he needed before he came home.
My other brother had been his main carer over the last few years but elderly brother's health deteriorated over time and ended up bed bound.
Social services wouldn't let him home unless he had 2 careers 3 times a day as carer brother was 75 himself.
The agency carers, although he had to pay out a huge amount for their services were brilliant and who were medically knowledgeable. Couldn't wish for any better.
The only downside was that they didn't always arrive in the allocated time but that wasn't their fault. They got held up with other people for one reason and another so it put's them behind.
Doctors surgery here? Well that's another story.

It is good to hear some encouraging stories - wherever you live I really wish we had been there in our hour of need!

I think we hear more about the negative situations regarding social services than the many thousands of cases that go well.

FiL was sent - 3 times, I think - to an intermediate care home for up to 6 weeks. He was, on another occasion, assessed for a care package at home but that only covered certain things and he needed more than they could provide. So we had a week to put a privately funded package in place. Fortunately he could afford it, although he was adamant that he didn't want it!