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Evicted from a care home: What to do if a person with dementia is asked to leave

My mum has been served notice after I made a comment on social media (not naming the home or anyone in there) after I found out my mum had had covid and I hadn't been informed, the owner phoned saying it was nothi g to do with my mum it was my post mum has dementia and cancer and been in the home for 5 yrs without problems up to now and have to re home her,, gutted isn't close to how I'm feeling

My Uncle with end of life Dementia has been served notice and will be thrown out of his care home on Christmas Day! The Care Home has being dreadful to us and didn't even wait on the report from the Mental Health Team. It is proving so hard to find another care home, because he's now been branded as a trouble maker and the rates go up so high. The home states it can deal with challenging behaviour and specialist dementia, but obviously not when things get a little difficult. We are receiving regular reports of him swearing and other irrelevant behaviour such as pointing his finger. Surely these are traits of dementia and staff should be able to deal with it.

Our Christmas is ruined and alongside a full time job and elderly parents who I care for, we are facing the reality of having to find my Uncle somewhere to live.

I've read so many stories about this. My role is in Communications which means I deal with the media and they will love this story. Why are we not pulling together with Dementia UK to fight this? Will you help us with a view to changing the regulation around this? There must be thousands of stories across the UK and they present a really awful picture if brought together. I've already written to my MP and contacted Ed Balls. What do we all think? Let's pull together for the sake of our loved ones? J

My mother recently moved out of a care home, and they are invoicing for a substantial sum in outstanding fees as she moved out "without providing effective notice". No Contract of Care was provided when she moved in, and nothing was signed by any party. They say that their terms were "deemed accepted by the acceptance of the placement".
Is this reasonable?

Hello, my Mother has been told to leave her care home because they cannot meet her needs, she has Dementure with agitation and aggression, the problem now is that I am having a struggle getting her Nursing care, we recently had a very big well known Care Company refuse her. What do you do in a situation like this when nobody wants her. She cannot go home without 24-hour care either

My dad is in a nursing home, he was taken to hospital two weeks this Saturday. Has carers had concerns for my dad has he did look well. Before that he has had few falls but nothing last months. Yesterday i got call from a team leader at the nursing home saying that they couldn't give dad the care he needs . I have ask for the manager to ring this morning. Has family we do not know where to go for help with this.

This same thing happened to us. The home, due to their refusal to acknowledge an infection my mum clearly had, and had to send mum into hospital after she had a seizure (due to the infection), and mum was in hospital for over a month. At the end of that month they announced they would not accept her return, but still insisted on us paying for the period she was in hospital. This is a rip-off industry. They have no morals, scruples or sense of loyalty when a person's health takes a dive. They are only interested in having jolly old people who are happy and reasonably well, but woe betide you if you fall sick and require more complex and demanding care; if that happens, the wheels of eviction begin to turn. It's sinister, at best, criminal at worst. It seems from these posts that it is an epidemic.

Wow, I have just read this entire page, and see I am not the only who has raised concerns and has now been faced with my mother being evicted from her care home. She was transferred to the care home from hospital in September 2019, after it was no longer safe for her to live at home due to her Alzheimer's. No complaints or issues that could not be dealt with since then, but last year May and June, due to Covid the care home increased the rent and i paid it in full even though my mother gets part payment from the local council. Since July 2020 i have asked the Care Home for a statement showing this payment so i could enter this statement on my OPG report and nothing. Nearly a year later, Easter weekend i decided to send an email to the Care Home explaining why i need this statement and i copied in all the local authorities who have helped me along the way, and the reply i have received today is that they can no longer cope with my mother, she has been destroying care home property, is now fully incontinent, has hit a member of staff and needs to go as soon as possible with a meeting trying to be arranged today. unbelievable. I surely hope they do not think if they evict my mother or threaten to evict my mother that i will no longer ask them where my £3300 has gone.

hi my mum has vascular dementia and breast cancer. We have only had visits in garden in summend they built a pod. Recently the residents all got ill after vaccination I asked for a visit because so worried about my mum they let me in pod. I asked them if they had reported adverse reactions to yellow card as many people around the country have died or got sick after vaccination. Then this week they are telling me she's has too leave. They are saying she is wandering and wetting herself and has been being aggressive verbally or short and inpatient. Im wondering now is it because of me ? When I asked how she was last week they said she was fine . They took my mum on with vascular dementia they advertise that My mum can walk unaided etc . I understand the peeing etc is alot to deal with and they are under staffed but until now they've mentioned it twice. Im slightly confused 😕

My mum has dementia and needs constant care. She is unstable on her feet, and her flat is way too dangerous for her to live. After being hospitalised she has been put in a care home which she loves. The council have just assessed her and decided they won't be funding her and therefore she needs to come home, with some sort of package of care. Is there anything that can be done, because without exaggeration it would be literally the end of her. Does anyone have a similar experience?

My mum has just been told that the dementia home my Nan is in can no longer meet her needs. We live on an Island and so if they can't meet her needs we have no idea where can. Nan is part funded by Continuing Care and part self funding. She is under the Memory Service. What if another home can't be found for her?

So the care home my mum is at rung me this morning to say they are giving my mum 4 weeks notice as they can’t cope with me because I’ve been asking when they will be allowing garden visits like many other care homes have started to do!!
I contacted the owner CQC and my local MP and because of this they want my mum gone

authorities put wife in a home ,i objected but the decision maker decided to lock her away robbed me of a year without my wife of 50yr. hate them,now they have all deserted me and i am struggling.cannot say to much or they will put me away again.

My mother has been in the same home supposedly specifically for dementia care for11 years, self funding & happy. Just before Xmas & her 98th birthday we were told she would have to leave as she was now too vocal upsetting other residents & their families. Actually the main problem was the home was drastically under staffed, grassroots level & falling CQC ratings. After the initial shock we found a proper care home fully staffed, hopefully to end her days. The old care home did apologise after I wrote a damming letter to head office, but too little too late.

My Mother broke her hip and spent six weeks in hospital, unfortunately she was unable to stand, and the care home said they would not be able to have her back. She was transferred over to NHS care, she was funded by the council, plus her contribution. They said they would not make her homeless and we had to pay the money. Even though we had emptied her room apparantely that was her home still. We will never be refunded. My Mother did eventually move to a Nursing Home who managed her needs, but she lasted two weeks, then passed away. Her dementia meant she would not have understood where she lived so that was not too bad for her.

My mum was sectioned, and went into a specialist hospital, following which she went into a specialist nursing home. She, too, had become violent. Because she had been sectioned, she left on a different section ( Google it, I can't remember the numbers of the sections atm), and is funded by the NHS and the local council. According to the regulations, this care HAD to be provided for her. Should she ever need one to one care, we will need to fund that for her. I didn't realise until I Googled, what she might be entitled to. It's a steep learning curve and no guidance whatsoever while you're going through it. I hope you manage to get recompense for your costs, but meanwhile look ahead to what his future needs might mean.