Preparedness for when

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If this government is under the impression that they were put back into power because of their Manifesto Document I feel that they are under a huge misapprehension. I think they were left in power because all other alternatives were even more dire than leaving them in governance. I can't make up my mind if they are the Rock or the HARD PLACE but there is very little comfort to the general populace in their current term and more stubborn and stupid posturing than action from common sense and responsibility. Scoring points for spurious and manufactured reasons is bringing this country to its knees!!!

fuddle

I agree nuatha. The care company I worked for didn't want carers trained in first aid. The reason being we were not allowed to perform any first at all in order to protect the company from being sued. It got to the point where the supervisors were refusing to write things like filling hot water bottles in the care plan because of the risk of the customer or the carer suing the company.

Try being a carer watching a frail shaky person trying to fill their own hot water bottle while you're stood there fully fit, able and mid 30. I couldn't. I did a lot of things I shouldn't have done but what do you do? I probably would cobble together some knowledge Lyn.

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We've got snow here right now.

Not coming down very heavy, but it is sticking a bit on the grass.

thriftwizard

Fuddle, my mother, now 90, was completely baffled by the "help" she was promised on coming out of hospital recently after a month-long stay, during which she nearly died, more than once. This consisted of someone watching her trying to look after herself and taking notes. This scared her, it didn't help her in any way, shape or form. Luckily she's in a situation where there are affordable on-site carers, who were rather more compassionate & helpful, and I was able to be with her for some of the time whilst she found her feet again.

I can't understand what they were doing. It wasn't helpful at all, it was intimidating, and the way she was spoken to was downright hectoring. Years ago, she would have been released into a convalescent home, where they would actively have helped her find her feet again, and made sure she was as fit as she could be before throwing her back on her own resources, but now? Chuck them out as soon as they can stagger a few feet, send someone to watch them, and bully them when they can't do what they're being told to do - i.e. wash a part of herself properly, when she was finding balancing difficult. How is that helpful?

I did gently challenge the "helper" afterwards, but her response was that if they actually DID anything for their clients, they'd never do it for themselves. I've wondered since whether Mum's circumstances - i.e. "owning" her own home, able to afford some on-site care, family available some of the time - provoked what seemed to me to be a hostile response. But maybe that company too - different part of Dorset, called in by the NHS but not part of it - are so terrified of being sued that they can't/won't actually help anyone. Which means it's all a bit of a con, really, unless brave souls like you defy the edicts from on high...

fuddle

I suspect that was a 'carer' from the re-enablement team thriftwizard. They are attached to social services and sent in as part of a rehabilitation package. I was stood down from 'my lady' for 12 weeks while social services instructed re-enablement to 'care' for her on coming out of hospital. When I was eventually able to care for her she told me stories quite like what you describe for your mum.

The idea is a terrific one in terms of care but I fear that the reality isn't very person centred andw staff members/people needing care aren't able to build up enough rapport for care to effectively take place due to a multitude of different 'carers' assigned to the person. It could work so much better if red tape was cut but social services are stretched as is the care sector as a whole.

GreyQueen

Do they still have convalescent homes? There's always a stage in recovering from illness between being poorly enough to need constant medical supervision and being fully well - or as well as one's age and underlying conditions allow one to be.

My Nan was laid low by a stroke the month before her 91st birthday. Beforehand, she was able to walk around her bungalow and out into her garden, although longer distances were managed by family using cars and a manual wheelchair. Family did the chores and the gardening and went shopping with her.

The stroke was classified as mild but it was a game-changer and she has needed home carers since, to get her up in the morning and again at the end of the day. It's a private company paid for out of her life-savings. She recently switched companies as one was moving out of her area - she was so fond of the ladies and one gent who care for her that she found out which company they went to, and went to them, too.

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Am so fed up with being cold I am contemplating buying in a couple of real sheepskins to go by our armchair and sofa to keep our feet warm I can get British ones from Devon for £35 each, if I do will it miraculously warm up? What a topsy turvy year it is you'd never think it was May in a couple of days would you? Thinking about it I might be better off actually putting them ON the seats and up the back of the chair/sofa so we sit against them mightn't I?

daz278

hiya been back from america a couple of weeks now......really enjoyed it ... especially couple of days in San Francisco ....bact to earth with a chilly bump.... prepp question trustworthy site for buying gold coins on the net.........a bit of diversity in a very limited portfolio....thank you ... hope everyone s well......going to see dad hes not been as good on his feet recently .. ive offered to help but hes very independant and seems to be managing

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daz278 wrote: »

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ivyleaf

GQ Our local hospital has a unit where people can go at the end of a hospital stay to help them gain confidence in doing things for themselves, e.g. making a cup of tea. My neighbour was in there recently, and it was a nice place but people are only allowed to be there for three weeks, due to demand (it takes people from the other local hospital as well). He wasn't quite able to manage after the three weeks, so had to go into a care home for a couple of weeks. He's back home now and has carers coming in three times a day. He is married, but his wife isn't well enough to look after him herself. Unfortunately he hardly ever sees the same carer more than a couple of times He is 90 and his wife is 81.