The Fast Track pathway avoids the need for the usual assessment process and would actually mean that the funding would be agreed without needing the four week assessment period. So there will be no bills for her to pay.
There's no easy way to say this but you need to know...
It's only used in situations where the patient is deteriorating - not taking nutrition and limiting her fluid intake would be a major indicator of this - and expected to be entering a "terminal phase" soon. So the process is changed for those individuals to remove the stress on them and on their family at a time when they can well do without it. End of life - which is what they mean by "terminal phase" - is where someone is expected to die within a three month timeframe. Your Mum isn't there yet but the fact that they are looking at the Fast Track means that they think it may not be very long in coming.
There's no easy way to say this but you need to know...
It's only used in situations where the patient is deteriorating - not taking nutrition and limiting her fluid intake would be a major indicator of this - and expected to be entering a "terminal phase" soon. So the process is changed for those individuals to remove the stress on them and on their family at a time when they can well do without it. End of life - which is what they mean by "terminal phase" - is where someone is expected to die within a three month timeframe. Your Mum isn't there yet but the fact that they are looking at the Fast Track means that they think it may not be very long in coming.