Ask Sheila

Hi Sheila, my wife will be discharged from hospital shortly, we need financial support to get her battery operated wheelchair and to update our ground floor toilet. She is recovering from stroke which has left her with severe right sided weakness. She had the stroke in 2012 but was very ill in January 2019 had to be admitted to hospital due to bleed in her brain which further restricted movement. She is presently in hospital for rehabilitation. Is there anywhere we can get grants or support for this?

Hi Sheila, who should I contact to find out information about accessing care for myself as a person confined to a wheelchair and receiving benefits?

Hi Sheila, my mother has vascular dementia and breast cancer with diabetes 2 and high blood pressure with irritable bowel. She is frail but can walk with a stick, she was placed in a residential care home by social services and is currently funded. She has been there 18 months but she has refused all medications, she is verbally abusive to everyone and tells residents the food is poisoned so they refuse the cooked meals. The home has now said she needs to be in a nursing care as they cannot meet her needs. I understand this and  I have asked them to do a Continuing Health Care Assessment while she is still with them. I don’t feel they are happy to do this and they have suggested a nursing home but I would like the assessment done before she is moved. Can they refuse to do it and if so who can I get to do it for us?

Hi Sheila, are family carers or friends of a family able to claim to be self employed carers? CQC states that family carers do not have to register even when they do personal care but what would be the situation if they declared that they are a self employed? Also if they provide care to more than one person does this help them to achieve this status?

Hi Sheila, can a social worker arrange care home placement with staff? Or should they do this with managers?

Hi Sheila, I have worked in care for twenty seven years. Now my employer is making me do the Care Certificate. What is the point of completing this and what is the importance?

Hello Sheila,  I am planing to open a day centre for adults with complex needs. I have a couple of questions regarding this, do i need to have a registered manager and do I need to register with CQC?

Hi Sheila, can I register with CQC while am studying NVQ 5?

Hi Sheila, I currently hold an NVQ 3 in health and social care and have been a health care assistant for thirteen years working in a number of fields. I have started a new job and am now in my sixth month and they have informed me that I need to attend the care certificate course, this does not seem to be right?

Hi Sheila,  are you allowed to self medicate at seventy?