Q1 – I would choose option 1 for Eve as she will need the Dementia Nursing Team as they specialise in her disease, specifically in advising and helping her and also collaborating with her caregivers to help them with her care. Occupational therapists are also necessary as she is beginning to lose her quality of life especially as she loved cooking before and can no longer cook or even make herself a sandwich. The OT’s can assist her in gaining her independence back. Also they could help her prevention of falls – exercise, mobility equipment and so on. Care is also a good idea for Eve now as 7 falls within the last few months is so dangerous for a lady of her age with the illness she has.

Q2 – I would choose option 1 as Eve has capacity at this point and has not appointed anyone to have power of attorney. When it is deemed that Eve does not have capacity due to her dementia, she will appoint someone and then, someone else, her daughter or son, will have involvement in her care decisions. but currently, it is all Eve’s decision.

Q3 – I would choose option 2 as writing my critical piece I found a lot of evidence to suggest that black mats are actually more dangerous than effective – they can cause further injury, falls and confusion. Also stopping her from going into the kitchen is also not beneficial as her son stated he is noticing her not eat for days due to this – this will not aid Eve in getting better if she’s losing weight and not feeding herself (the cause for her UTi in the first place!)

Q4 – I cannot access the voicemails currently as they won’t work. when I fix this I will add a new post with my understanding of these!