Why is delirium so much worse than dementia?
Even Stephen King says that dementia keeps him awake at night.
‘Behavioural’
Just as with suffering, it is not something that can be measured and compared, it isn’t absolute, it is relative like everything else in the universe.
Delirium (2)
Our health and social care staff need to gain a better understanding of this condition – how to identify the early signs, how to diagnose and treat.
This is me (&you)
Many of you reading this will be familiar with This is me – the person-centred document we have been using […]
Gouda and This is me
All these little bits, these fragments of who we are, where we have been and what we have done contribute to our whole
Night at the hospital
There is an assumption that when the lights go down and the night-staff appear on the scene that things become quiet and still – a little like a scene from Bambi.
Medicines, etc.
Nevertheless, within the dark underbelly of medicine, where geriatricians live, there are some quite stunning effects often, from stopping and sometimes starting medicines.
Teacups
In other words, intravenous saline although a fundamental part of modern medicine is nowhere near as good as a cup of tea.
I don’t like pathways
To a box, the world is the world, is the world.
Habit, hospital & older people
Habits are our liberation, they are also a limitation
What is dementia?
Whether we follow the Japanese and find a new name, or work to continue to change attitudes and behaviours, steering people away from the stigma currently associated with dementia is unclear – it is certainly the bogeyman that TB, cancer and HIV once were, we just need to work towards finding better solutions and ways to support people until we find a way out.
Catheters, old men & dementia
As time marches on, with each passing decade, more men will develop these symptoms, until, in their 80’s and 90’s, they are almost universal.
Reducing restrictive interventions
Take a moment to think of those nurses, healthcare assistants, therapists and domestics who daily see beyond the fear and the worry of an old person, to the human being who is hiding in the shadows, obscured by layers of disease, for they are what keep us human.
Therapeutic lies and false promises…
I have spent the past few days feeling bad – It is strange, when you discover that something you have […]
Locked-in, drugs & the 60’s
Here is a question… What do you do when someone you are caring for, refuses your attention? When you, the […]
Dentures, specs & hearing aids
Amongst the piles of lost-and-found that accumulate in wards, care homes, clinics and hospital laundries across the UK, surely the […]
