care – almondemotion

Charles-Bonnet Syndrome and other thoughts about physical and mental illness

Out optic blind-spots continuously adapt to provide us with a seamless sense of reality, only becoming real when we reverse into a wall that we didn’t see.

Dementia

Do Not Attempt (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) and Advance Care Plans in the time of Covid

Well, if nothing (but everything) has changed, what is the big deal about DNACPR and ACP; what is new?

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Corridor Care – the state of the NHS in 2020

Sometimes eight or nine relatives would pack into these airless spaces to spend the last hours and minutes with their mum or dad;

Delirium

Too negative, too positive, or should I just be quiet? (thoughts on the experiences of people living with dementia in the UK)

Ensure independence, autonomy and the right care and support for people living with dementia (and, yes, older people in general) and the NHS will be fine.

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Hospital

You see, The Plan says that more will be invested into community care, yet, the cumbersome nature of the NHS, again, the upside-down system of health and social care has resulted in lots or organisation and reorganisation but little transformational thought, little concept of how we can do things differently.

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Medically Fit – 2020

Maybe we should call it ‘hospital check-out’, to get away from the nonsense of fitness, when many of the people described are actually quite sick and are often even dying, it is just that their death need not require a bed on a hospital ward.

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A nurse’s job?!

I will not go into more detail about this but suffice it to say, this is congruent with my values and probably my purpose.

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The carers took my independence

An army of carers support our old, frail and vulnerable. Many receive minimum wage. Many also work to zero hours contracts. No sick leave, no training, no holiday pay.

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Manor Field Surgery, Maltby – the first blog.

I see that despite the wonders that take place in big hospitals, much of what is needed by patients and people across society cannot be delivered inside the walls and congested car-parking spaces of these institutions.

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