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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Let’s talk

We humans are so incredibly expert at communication that we often forget about its importance, a little like breathing – which in a similar vein, is only an issue when you can’t.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 29, 2016Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:9/11, communication, effectiveness, Evolution, Heathcote Williams, hospital, New Yorker, patient safety, staffLeave a comment on Let’s talk

Dementia awareness week #DAW2016

Slow down, be mindful, respect your elders, respect your knees & don’t mess too much with your hair!

Posted byrodkersh1948May 19, 2016Posted inDelirium, Dementia, Humanism, Mindfulness, Person Centred CareTags:Benton House, Dementia, Doncaster, Healthcare, hospital, long term care, memory, Older People, Person Centred Care, Rossington, South Yorkshire, staff, Wear Sunscreen1 Comment on Dementia awareness week #DAW2016

Doncaster Dementia Celebration Event

Originally posted on Which me am I today?:
Yesterday – Day 3 of Dementia Awareness week – found me in Doncaster for the above event. Michele Clarke, Strategy and Delivery Manager for NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group had contacted me a while ago to see if I would talk about my experience of young onset…

Posted byrodkersh1948May 18, 2016Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Doncaster Dementia Celebration Event

Blocked

Anyway, back to being blocked.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 15, 2016Posted inDementia, UncategorizedTags:Dementia, Health and Social Care3 Comments on Blocked

Medically fit

So long as you are still able to participate, join-in with the conversation, your perception of self is just as valid as that of the doctor or nurse.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 14, 2016Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, Mindfulness, Person Centred CareTags:Health, Health and Social Care, Healthcare, hospital, Hospitalisation, McGonagall, Mindfulness, Older People, people not patients, Person Centred Care, staff, Tay Bridge9 Comments on Medically fit

Things could have been different…

How to change the system?

Posted byrodkersh1948May 12, 2016Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:ageing, Caring Hands, effectiveness, Evolution, Health and Social Care, Healthcare, Hospitalisation, HSA, improvement, Laloux, Older People, people not patients, Person Centred Care, quality, Sisyphus, staff, Teal1 Comment on Things could have been different…

Groupthink umami

This I imagine is worldview mixed with upbringing, culture and something else; in cookery, this would be the Umami.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 8, 2016February 15, 2018Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, MindfulnessTags:data, effectiveness, Google, Groupthink, insight, Mindfulness, perception, politics, quality, Sonic Boom, UmamiLeave a comment on Groupthink umami

Continuity (ii)

I try my best to ensure the continuity of care, of relationships, particularly on my ward, which is critical as so many of the patients themselves are lost – being lost within a system which is itself lost, must be terrifying.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 2, 2016Posted inDementia, Effectiveness, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:effectiveness, Health and Social Care, Healthcare, hospital, Person Centred Care, staffLeave a comment on Continuity (ii)

Continuity (i)

When we are apart, although we exist in different spaces, so long as we have a spiritual connection, we are together – I think of the distance in time and geography that separates me from my family and friends;

Posted byrodkersh1948May 2, 2016Posted inHumanismLeave a comment on Continuity (i)
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