I think it is very important to ensure that your mother is in the appropriate group, or floor. My experience has been that my mother found herself in a hospital bay with the vast majority of the other women having marked memory issues. The staff spent so much of their time and energies caring for th...
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- Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:56 pm
- Forum: All about caring
- Topic: Thought my mum was settling...
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: No follow up for bowel cancer screening.....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 253
If Michael is still researching problems with NHS services due to Covid 19, here's another issue to add to your list! I recently had a routine stool sample tested as part of screening for bowel cancer. The result came back that a follow up appointment was warranted. The NHS said they didn't know whe...
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:46 am
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: text from dr surgery rescue pack
- Replies: 7
- Views: 911
I agree with Ajay re going out for medical reasons.
If you need to give a sample, can you ask for the gp surgery to post you a sample tube? Does the surgery have a drop box for samples or can you arrange for someone in the surgery to step outside so they can get the sample vial from you?
If you need to give a sample, can you ask for the gp surgery to post you a sample tube? Does the surgery have a drop box for samples or can you arrange for someone in the surgery to step outside so they can get the sample vial from you?
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: Still caring at 93 years old
- Replies: 7
- Views: 368
I was just about to post this! They are not even on the vulnerable list. Appalling.
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: Select committee report on how care homes were treated
- Replies: 2
- Views: 221
They certainly wanted clear all the beds they could. The virus gave them the extra push to sort out all those 'bed blockers', imo.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:00 pm
- Forum: All about caring
- Topic: My nan is back in hospital ..she is dying,how do I cope?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 361
Hi Sarah, I'm very sorry to hear your news. My thoughts are with you and your Nan during this difficult time.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:41 pm
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: Select committee report on how care homes were treated
- Replies: 2
- Views: 221
Appalling treatment as hospital patients were discharged to carehomes, select committee finds. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8570051/Care-homes-suffered-appalling-errors-ministers-coronavirus-crisis-MPs-warn.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53574265 Do care home residents' and ...
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:59 am
- Forum: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Topic: Seeking Urgent Advice - Registering as a Carer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6580
I would contact the citizens advice bureau and Shelter for advice.
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:24 am
- Forum: All about caring
- Topic: Ideas for activities for very elderly lady bored of life
- Replies: 4
- Views: 253
My mother had very poor eyesight and was hard of hearing at 94. She sometimes would like to listen so some music on an Alexa Echo. Music she enjoyed when she was younger.
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: All about caring
- Topic: Do you think my nana has been neglected by care home?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 712
I'd want her to go elsewhere. I'd contact social care services and also the adult safeguarding team and complain to both. Also talk to the consultant who asked you if you wanted your Nan to return to the same home. At the hospital mum was in, there was a nursing manager in the a&e who reviewed elder...