Miss M’s comments during our investigation
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- Miss M said that during previous relapses of depressive illness, when her mother reached the point that she was no longer able to self-care, admission to hospital was inevitable. She said that she was told by the psychiatric nurse that her mother had been placed at the Care Home because there were no hospital beds available. She also said that after her admission to the care home in October 2004, her mother’s physical and mental deterioration was considerable. She has told us that she believed that when her mother’s psychiatrist left the Trust, proper treatment was withdrawn and there was inadequate monitoring of her mental health needs.
- Miss M said that she was not consulted in any way about her mother’s discharge from the CMHT in 2005, and did not become aware of it until 2008. She believed that her mother should have been referred back to the CMHT in 2006 when she became severely depressed, and that her mother’s need for regular mental health assessments was not recognised in the assessment carried out in March 2008.
- Miss M said that she was not happy with the care provided at the Care Home and wanted to move her mother. She had expected to discuss this at the meeting with the senior practitioner from the CMHT, which was cancelled; the Council told her that it was not in their remit to find a home outside Wiltshire and refused to help her. With no assistance, the prospect of moving her mother was daunting and she gave up the idea.
- Miss M said that when her mother had moved to the Care Home, the community psychiatric nurse asked whether Miss M would be prepared to fund it, and because she thought it was only a temporary measure she agreed.
