Fri May 10, 2019 7:24 pm
First the simple things
Nitrile gloves
Febreze air freshener
chocolate
whiskey
next the approach
Never expect anyone to do anything they say they will. If you want it done write it down and chase it up often. This applies to nhs social services etc. in particular
Expect to be lied to, misled, mistreated and ignored all the time by people you thought were above that.
Always check out anything you're told.
Dramatically lower your expectations. Stress is caused by your expectations not being met. Any reasonable expectations will not be met so learn to expect hassle and grief and nothing getting done, however important and you will save yourself a lot of stress.
Treat anyone in authority as the enemy that they are.
Learn that ther are several different single points of access that there are several different teams of OTs, none of whom speak to each other and you. That no one speaks to each other and everyone tries to pass the buck to someone else. That the nhs can do what it likes and there seems to be very little you can do about it. That as long as they don't make a definite decision they can delay forever and there's nothing you can do about it.
Nitrile gloves
Febreze air freshener
chocolate
whiskey
next the approach
Never expect anyone to do anything they say they will. If you want it done write it down and chase it up often. This applies to nhs social services etc. in particular
Expect to be lied to, misled, mistreated and ignored all the time by people you thought were above that.
Always check out anything you're told.
Dramatically lower your expectations. Stress is caused by your expectations not being met. Any reasonable expectations will not be met so learn to expect hassle and grief and nothing getting done, however important and you will save yourself a lot of stress.
Treat anyone in authority as the enemy that they are.
Learn that ther are several different single points of access that there are several different teams of OTs, none of whom speak to each other and you. That no one speaks to each other and everyone tries to pass the buck to someone else. That the nhs can do what it likes and there seems to be very little you can do about it. That as long as they don't make a definite decision they can delay forever and there's nothing you can do about it.
