Despite a dementia diagnosis, Ivy Evelyn Wilkinson, 90, has been sent home from hospital to a two-storey Gateshead home her daughter considers unsuitable and a risk to her health - and she even had her locks changed to get her back into the building.
Mrs Wilkinson has been diagnosed with dementia and had been in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead after being admitted suffering with delirium. Her daughter had been her carer for much of this year, but in August her mother's condition deteriorated had left her unable to cope.
She then spent almost two months in hospital - during which time daughter Cheryl Wilkinson raised concerns about the prospect of her mum being sent back home on her release. She herself has osteoarthritis and is no longer safely able to care for Ivy Evelyn. Her mum has been identified as a falls risk - she fell three times in a day before her hospital admission - while her home also has issues including exposed wiring.
