Tendonitis - has anyone successfully applied for "Continuing Health Care"?

Wibbles

I was wondering whether any of you lot had successfully applied for "Continuing Health Care" ?

I have been told by my surgeon that despite my shoulder arthritis causing me intense pain and locking up and getting worse - tendonitis. The option of an operation is not there, because of the recovery being hindered by overuse (I have virtually lost the use of my legs – so rely on my arms/shoulders too much to move around).

Part of the shoulder replacement op – involved cutting through muscles/tendons to get the bone out and metal replacement in.

This would take 3 months to recover if left alone with no stress from lifting myself up/moving etc

My only option is to go in to a specialised nursing home for perhaps 3 months after the op where EVERYTHING is done for me. My wide has her own shoulder problems – so could not cope with looking after me. The nursing home would cost around £2000 per week.

The surgeon is not willing to pay for my care and I could not bed block in hospital for 3 months – so what do I do ?

The pain is fast becoming unbearable and I am already on pain killers to the maximum dose.

I am 61 years old

Wibbles

I guess nobody has gone through this - apart from myself ??

Hopeless

From what I understand it’s very difficult to get ‘Continuing health care’ funding. A relative of mine was awarded it for 3 months to pay for end of life care in a nursing home but the hospital organised it all. Would carers coming to your home be a cheaper option?

Kimi87

CHC funding has a very high bar, and it has to be for medical/nursing needs as opposed to social care needs.

An example would be dementia, this is considered a social care need not a nursing need.

mix_dage

CHC is a gruelling process, you need good teams to work with you, who understand exactly what your needs are, with both social and NHS. So plenty of medical and social support. The hospital team can help a lot.

https://ukcareguide.co.uk/chc-funding/

The processes alone were daunting, meetings galore, forms like you've never seen the likes of. We were repeatedly told throughout the process it was difficult to get a good result with Alzheimer’s.

We were successful, I worked with the daughter of a lady with Alzheimer’s and we got joint package 50/50 fully funded award for her lifetime.
It takes a lot of persistence. She was able to stay in her own home, with her Son, who cared for her, with additional support as required.
You could ask to be fast tracked, especially as it’s a temporary situation. So you could get a shorter award length of time (they always take into account costs)
Good luck.