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Original Feedback for Norfolk County Council:


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Poor support for my Dad with dementia

My Dad is currently just waiting in Wedgewood Hospital until he can be found a care home. But when we called for help when he was being violent due to his dementia we got no help at home. As a family we went without sleep for almost a week. We were told to go to the police if he was being violent at home - they said it wasn't their responsibility. Then we were directed to fast response - they told us they don't deal with this. We couldn't restrain him ourselves. We were left for a week without support and then he ended up in hospital needing a care home. Now we've been told he can't come home but we feel that if he had better support this may not have been the case. It felt like they were saying "he's got dementia, it's now in the final stages, get on with it!". We have had people come in but they were only there in the morning and the afternoon - not the evening when he was at his worst. We tried an overnight carer but she didn't speak any English so my dad couldn't understand them and neither could we, which made it really difficult to sort out his care. It's been a bad experience in general for the whole family.

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