Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

bugslet

I am relieved he's back at the home. The hospital staff were really on the ball; Whiston is an excellent hospital. He can't weight bear any more, so no chance of him walking off!

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's good news.... when my mum was in Hospital it was a real nightmare as she lost things and there's nobody there that knew her or was looking after her. She was able to wander around and get into all sorts of confusions.

In Hospital you're just a body in a bed, left to your own devices and to get into trouble/mishap ..... in a home the staff are looking after you, looking out for you. In the Hospital you're nobody; in a home you're somebody and they know what you like.

It was quite amusing visiting my Dad in the Alzheimer's home. You never knew which room he'd be in, whose belongings he'd have or who'd have his things. Quite regularly I'd visit him and someone who looked suspiciously like the person in the family photos on the walls of 'his' room would rock up and then go away again looking confused.

There was a lot of people looking confused in there going on now I come to think of it.

The NHS wanted to put him in hospital instead and I'm glad for his sake that they never got the chance.

bugslet

A friend's mother is in a care home and she went in one day to find her mum with someone else's teeth in - you have to go with the flow!

There was nothing wrong with my parents, but I wouldn't have minded them doing something like this:D

https://medium.com/thoughts-on-creativity/6f4cb1886d41

Doozergirl

bugslet wrote: »

A friend's mother is in a care home and she went in one day to find her mum with someone else's teeth in - you have to go with the flow!

There was nothing wrong with my parents, but I wouldn't have minded them doing something like this:D

https://medium.com/thoughts-on-creativity/6f4cb1886d41

That's pure genius!

PasturesNew

One problem I had with the Hospital is there's nobody in charge of a ward that can be identified.

You go in and there's a reception desk - several people around, but none of them work on the ward, they are transient hospital workers using the PC etc to update records.

Beyond that there are various staff, but they could be anybody - they could be a cleaner, or the head of the Hospital, but as they all wear cleaner-style tunic tops you can't tell. Some have name badges on, but you have to have your nose on their boobs to be able to read it.... and that doesn't give a clue.

In the old days you could tell people's roles by their outfit.

Trying to find out "who can tell me how she is today" was therefore long-winded/problematic and, in the end, you stop trying to find out as you've only a limited amount of time because [a] visiting hours are limited car parking is expensive.

What you see is other people's visitors asking the tea-lady questions simply because she stands still long enough to be cornered.

lostinrates

bugslet wrote: »

A friend's mother is in a care home and she went in one day to find her mum with someone else's teeth in - you have to go with the flow!

There was nothing wrong with my parents, but I wouldn't have minded them doing something like this:D

https://medium.com/thoughts-on-creativity/6f4cb1886d41

I love those parents. If I didn't know better I'd think I was hormonal, I feel quite happy-weepy inking what lovely memories children brought up have to look back on how their parents had fun together making a thing of wonder for their children.

And admiration for people who will make a mess with eggs on purpose to make their children's childhood a little more magical.

(I know lots of people hate this kind of lie but I just think this is fabulous......when I was a very small child I went to hospital to have my tonsils out. When I woke up the doctor told me that my toy (march hare) had done it and he'd just helped. I suppose I could have gone off March hare at that point but i didn't.

lemonjelly

zagubov wrote: »

Whoah! Trying to catch up!

First day I used de-icer today. I should check by looking out the window before I set off so I could leave enough time for the spraying and scraping.

Got to go out later but not looking forward to it. We only got the central heating working about a week ago and now the house is too comfy to leave at night.


Envious of lj's Public Service Broadcasting concert. I know someone who went to a concert in Brum the other day, a band called Mott the Hoople and guessing not many here will remember them.:)

They were awesome, & the tour continues. Dunno where you are, but would encourage you check their website.

zagubov wrote: »

Just been watching a TV prog about catching fraudsters. Unclear about the economics of it.

Blue badge fraud.

Substantial effort for what seem like small sums. I'm clearly not seeing the big picture. Some bloke runs a pub on the coast while claiming benefits in London. He also has a house in southern Spain and ran a bar there.

Struck me if he'd put half as much effort into running one legit business as he did running multipe lives and scams he'd be comfortably off.

Rich looking woman uses a blue badge to save a £5 parking charge so she can shop, in Harrods, of all places.:eek:

Fun fact - blue badge fraud is the biggest volume of fraud in the UK currently.

silvercar wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if support doesn't disappear without a re-assessment once a pupil is beyond what was, until recently, school leaving age. I would have thought that a school would only be able to offer a sixth form place if they were able to put the facilities in place to offer appropriate support.



My background in this is out of date, but I would have expected a reassessment. Not least because in studying only 3 or 4 subjects and already knowing how well you can do them, for some pupils the problems go away.

When I worked in FE, the statements never followed the students. They always had to be re-assessed from scratch, even if the last statement was recent.

Interesting this. I'd expect that if he was at the same institution, then they already have the background info, so can make arrangements to put the support in place based on that info.

I'd suspect that the problem might be the way funding is paid. It used to be paid to the institution by central government. Dave et al have now said that local councils should pay it, so there is probably an arguement going on between the institution & the council regarding how much.

lemonjelly

Tonight I am going to see Ludovico Einaudi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033JkZUQC_U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQxsahIsaO7_nDwVlFRMQiA

neverdespairgirl

I'm off to Hounslow, for a conference. I might be some time.........

PasturesNew

I'm off to Tesco in a bit, to get some Pepsi Max
That's as exciting as my life ever gets!

I also need: loo roll, kitchen paper, spuds, sugar, weetabix, milk and some form of bread. I won't get bread this time, I got that last time, so it's time for either muffins or crumpets.... with a freezer I'd have bread, pittas, muffins, crumpets - but without a freezer I can only choose one per week.