Ā Nothing in the papers about Charlie Watts. Amazing any of the Stones are still going when you consider their druggy lifestyles. I see yesterday the other Everley Brother died yet their mum is still going at 101
Ā Nothing in the papers about Charlie Watts. Amazing any of the Stones are still going when you consider their druggy lifestyles. I see yesterday the other Everley Brother died yet their mum is still going at 101
I canāt say Iām surprised, Hostafan. Not exactly joined up thinking sometimes. My mother had a massive stroke, and was on a nasal tube feed. She wasnāt improving, or likely to do so, and my sister, ( trained nurse) was keen to have her back home with them. Palliative care team very keen to help with this, they ordered a hospital bed etc for the house. While discussing details with the doctor, she explained to me that before mum went home, they would remove the nasal feeding tube. When I asked why, she said that there was a danger that if it became dislodged, the liquid food would get into her lungs and she could die as a result.Ā When I asked whether she would die if she wasnāt being given any food, it all went quiet! No answer to that. I insisted on an emergency meeting with the consultant in charge, result was that sister and I were given training on the feeding tube, and mum was sent home with it in place.Ā Of course it didnāt help that they discharged her at nearly midnight on a Friday evening, and the specialist feeding tube nurse was on holiday. Bless her, she responded to our calls over the weekend about a blocked tube. Said she was very cross as the hospital had been warned about sending people home when there wasnāt back up available for any initial problems, but they still kept doing it.Ā Dont let them bully you into anything unreasonable. Also contact the PALs person at the hospital. It is their role to help deal with problems, sometimes they can be quite helpful. I hesitate to suggest making contact with your MP, or even the local press as a last resort ( having been on the receiving end of complaints as a medical service provider) but at least we were doing our best under difficult circumstances, and fighting hard for additional funding. It really upset me to discover that non medical āmanagersā were getting salary bonuses for underspending on their budgets! To me, that was criminal. Every penny should have been spent on patient care, and as for someone getting a bonus for not doing that - made my blood boil. IĀ donāt know if that still happens, I retired quite a while ago now.
Had a fabulous day with Charlie and his pal, they've been climbing, swimming, fishing and now watching a circus show.Ā
I have a horrible sore and swollen lip, no idea what it is, but it's throbbing, probably stress related.Ā
Thursday evening is the last night market of the year, we're just above it, usually busy, probably packed this Thursday as there is a fireworks display,
Friday I have a guest chef cooking a local speciality, fully booked already. Enjoying my last night of escapism before I return to the fray. It's been good to get away but stressful and worrying leaving the building.Ā
Canoeing tomorrow.Ā
āCoffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?ā āBetsy CaƱas Garmon
@Ergates. Do you think this is across the board in every region or just for Devon Health? Ā They just donāt seem to be with it half the time, Ā they donāt talk between themselves, they donāt refer to previous notes. i just battled constantly with my parents treatment.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā
Lyn, my motherās treatment was in East London, and the Trust rewarding the manager for underspending, - sorry, cost efficiency - was near Gloucestershire. Iām sure there are lots of similar instances across the country.Ā
Thereās Ā so much pressure on hospitals to get people home because hospitals are seen as unsafe ā¦. particularly in Covid times.Ā
The thing is if he Ā contracted Covid or MRSA that would of course impact on the hospital, both because of the difficulty in nursing him appropriately given his other needs, and also on the hospitalĀ stats ā¦ which shouldnāt but which do cause pressure to travel downwards onto frontline nursing staff.Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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My mother had a massive stroke, and was on a nasal tube feed. She wasnāt improving, or likely to do so, and my sister, ( trained nurse) was keen to have her back home with them. Palliative care team very keen to help with this, they ordered a hospital bed etc for the house. While discussing details with the doctor, she explained to me that before mum went home, they would remove the nasal feeding tube. When I asked why, she said that there was a danger that if it became dislodged, the liquid food would get into her lungs and she could die as a result.Ā
When I asked whether she would die if she wasnāt being given any food, it all went quiet! No answer to that. I insisted on an emergency meeting with the consultant in charge, result was that sister and I were given training on the feeding tube, and mum was sent home with it in place.Ā
Of course it didnāt help that they discharged her at nearly midnight on a Friday evening, and the specialist feeding tube nurse was on holiday. Bless her, she responded to our calls over the weekend about a blocked tube. Said she was very cross as the hospital had been warned about sending people home when there wasnāt back up available for any initial problems, but they still kept doing it.Ā
Dont let them bully you into anything unreasonable. Also contact the PALs person at the hospital. It is their role to help deal with problems, sometimes they can be quite helpful. I hesitate to suggest making contact with your MP, or even the local press as a last resort ( having been on the receiving end of complaints as a medical service provider) but at least we were doing our best under difficult circumstances, and fighting hard for additional funding. It really upset me to discover that non medical āmanagersā were getting salary bonuses for underspending on their budgets! To me, that was criminal. Every penny should have been spent on patient care, and as for someone getting a bonus for not doing that - made my blood boil. IĀ donāt know if that still happens, I retired quite a while ago now.
I have a horrible sore and swollen lip, no idea what it is, but it's throbbing, probably stress related.Ā
Thursday evening is the last night market of the year, we're just above it, usually busy, probably packed this Thursday as there is a fireworks display,
Friday I have a guest chef cooking a local speciality, fully booked already. Enjoying my last night of escapism before I return to the fray. It's been good to get away but stressful and worrying leaving the building.Ā
Canoeing tomorrow.Ā
i just battled constantly with my parents treatment.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.