Fast track help needed

My dad was terminal and placed on a pathway that gave him the choice of care at home or in a nursing home as he had less than 12 weeks to live.

I can only suggest you contact GP and adult social care and explain you can’t meet his needs. How awful he was discharged like this you must be at your wits end.

Sadly readmission may be your only option, in order to get a safe discharge.

I'm pretty sure they aren't allowed to discharge him without a care package in place, so something has gone wrong there, and a formal complaint would be in order. Unfortunately, now he has been discharged, the hospital won't pursue the care package as it's driven entirely by their motivation to discharge patients. The only way for them to do this would be to get him re-admitted in what's termed a failed discharge (had to do that with my mother when they sent her home delirious with a UTI).

I'm not sure where you would go from here, but barring a re-admission, I suspect you need to engage social services and/or a hospice to provide hospice at home services.

if they felt he didn’t meet the criteria for the 12 week care pathway, and it’s clear he cannot care for himself,  they still have an obligation to complete a CHC assessment to establish whether he has a primary health care need, if yes, NHS fund care. If no, the discharge team from social care  ought to complete a care need’s assessment prior to discharge. Then ensure that measures are in place to meet his needs, and conducting a financial assessment to see whether he’s entitled to financial help with care. This can delay discharge but the priority should be patient safety. 

His GP/ adult social care need to be involved in order to urgently help get appropriate care in place. Can you source a care company to assist whilst this is going in? The NHS complaints system gives them weeks to respond. 

I hope you soon get help, having been responsible for vulnerable parents and in laws I know how hard this is on everyone. 

perhaps you could consider an application for attendance allowance to help toward private carers?