tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post8557133854412214976..comments2024-03-29T00:31:51.931+00:00Comments on HyperCRYPTICal: Neglect Of The ElderlyhyperCRYPTICalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-17662247828171746142011-10-16T13:22:51.864+01:002011-10-16T13:22:51.864+01:00Thank you for you kind responses folks and looking...Thank you for you kind responses folks and looking at posts in the same vein by fellow bloggers, I have decided to write a futher (and more personal) post which you can find above,<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-72782224044009082752011-10-15T21:37:47.174+01:002011-10-15T21:37:47.174+01:00Dear Anna,
A very thoughtful post, as ever.
I wa...Dear Anna,<br /><br />A very thoughtful post, as ever.<br /><br />I was writing a comment, but it grew into a post, now on my blog with the same title as your own.<br /><br />Thanks for the CQC link, very illuminating.<br /><br />Dr PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-75381917665617528882011-10-15T02:34:36.832+01:002011-10-15T02:34:36.832+01:00Nursing and doctoring is humanity first, money las...Nursing and doctoring is humanity first, money last but modern Health Care reversed that.<br /><br />Regulators worked after the event and is costly with lawyers earning the most and better still if there is any official inquiry.<br /><br />A few bloggers continue to defend what could be good but much needed fixing.<br /><br />Hospitals were in fact doing what they were told to do: save money instead of saving patients. <br /><br />In Health Care:Death is irreversible!!!Cockroach Catcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440000294855006966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-3348845892585418622011-10-14T10:24:28.846+01:002011-10-14T10:24:28.846+01:00I do not know enough to be sufficiently critical a...I do not know enough to be sufficiently critical about this subject. I read an article that said that nurses are too over-qualified these days (getting university degrees which put them somewhere between a doctor and a traditional nurse)so they do not want to do the messy jobs any more and their roles are less well-defined. Maybe a return of the good old-fashioned days of nurses trained on the wards and a matron to keep things in check would be a good idea.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-78219771632205241562011-10-14T04:24:02.251+01:002011-10-14T04:24:02.251+01:00Bad care for the elderly must be happening, especi...Bad care for the elderly must be happening, especially in large care centers and probably in larger cities. The small towns that surround where I live (in the US)appear to have care units that are cheerful and run by a caring staff. I've visited many of them and our dance troupe entertains these people on a regular basis. Because of this I got to know the staff.Manzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-2841088814749456112011-10-14T00:03:15.141+01:002011-10-14T00:03:15.141+01:00One of the hospitals that was assessed had moderat...One of the hospitals that was assessed had moderate problems with feeding and slight problems with dignity. Yet both my parents have spent long periods in this hospital and at ALL times, for weeks on end, they've had nothing but the kindest and most conscientious care from doctors and nurses. It's so striking that when my mum came out the last time I actually sent them a donation. <br /><br />As a non medical person, it would seem to me that (at least in that hospital) a large part of the problem is the healthcare assistants. The ones I've met behaved like cleaners. When I ever spoke to any of them they seemed really surprised to be addressed by anyone, and quite ill at ease. They did exactly what they were told, nothing else, and were very, very obviously not on equal terms with the nurses. <br /><br />Perhaps the hospital was to blame. But, it seemed to me that if selected properly and trained properly, the healthcare assistants could be doing all the things that nurses haven't time to do. <br /><br />And it comes down to the question, which I'd love to know the answer to - who decided to scrap SENs, and why? They seem to be what is required here, and it's hard to imagine how losing them was justified.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com