Find out about your rights when it comes to elderly care and how to plan ahead to ensure your wishes are met in the future.
As you get older, you might have started thinking about elderly
care options. It is a really wise choice to think about your care before
anything happens that means you no longer have the ability to choose.
It might sound morbid to think about the future in such a practical way, but 2 in 100 older people have dementia and there is one stroke every 5 minutes in the UK. These are just a couple of examples of reasons you might need care, and reasons you might not be able to exercise your own choice over the type of care you have. To have the kind of future that you want, you should think ahead, before anything compromises your ability to choose for yourself.
Thinking about choice, it may have also crossed your mind that you might at some point be forced into care. Or perhaps you’re scared somebody can force you into care against your will. Although these kinds of considerations can be extremely worrying, it is important to know your rights, particularly if you are concerned you might be forced into a care home at some point.
Can You Be Forced Into A Care Home?
If you’re willing to receive care in your own home, care in a care home, move into sheltered accommodation or otherwise accept care that you need, then there should be no conflict with family, friends and social workers. However, it may be that you strongly oppose going into care and feel that you can take care of yourself.
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It might sound morbid to think about the future in such a practical way, but 2 in 100 older people have dementia and there is one stroke every 5 minutes in the UK. These are just a couple of examples of reasons you might need care, and reasons you might not be able to exercise your own choice over the type of care you have. To have the kind of future that you want, you should think ahead, before anything compromises your ability to choose for yourself.
Thinking about choice, it may have also crossed your mind that you might at some point be forced into care. Or perhaps you’re scared somebody can force you into care against your will. Although these kinds of considerations can be extremely worrying, it is important to know your rights, particularly if you are concerned you might be forced into a care home at some point.
Can You Be Forced Into A Care Home?
If you’re willing to receive care in your own home, care in a care home, move into sheltered accommodation or otherwise accept care that you need, then there should be no conflict with family, friends and social workers. However, it may be that you strongly oppose going into care and feel that you can take care of yourself.
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