tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post8950759595203825193..comments2023-07-20T16:09:34.546+01:00Comments on Barefoot Through Life: Update on LifeVetnursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540531837941930258noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-65791048009727122392010-03-02T15:03:59.240+00:002010-03-02T15:03:59.240+00:00"...are they so bloody incompetent they insis...<i>"...are they so bloody incompetent they insist on feeding food that is unsuitable so they can say the patient was fed."</i> <br /><br />Not incompetent, so much as their attitude is 'it's not my job to do...' because so long as they comply with the narrow guidelines on their job description, they are bombproof. <br /><br />This is what a tickbox culture gets you.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-11021294860993402192010-02-28T03:27:06.560+00:002010-02-28T03:27:06.560+00:00Good on you...
21st century life is fine until thi...Good on you...<br />21st century life is fine until things change... then the system is very hard on the weak, ill, elderly, and lack of work means less money and less choices for you.<br />I am sorry you are facing all this - thinking of you and your parents.Fi from Four Paws and Whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217307759511472654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-21306860597368213602010-02-26T20:55:18.847+00:002010-02-26T20:55:18.847+00:00Thanks everyone have been in close touch with the ...Thanks everyone have been in close touch with the care home. The manageress visited on wednesday and said she thought it was a water infection as this can have the effect of total confusion etc on people she spoke to the nurses and asked them to check. <br />I asked again this morning by tonight not done. I blew and have to go along to get hold of consultant on ward rounds. <br />Told the sister "Do not whine to me he is incontinent and they can not get a sample, if they have not bothered to pass a urine catheter l will look at doing them for negligence because his treatment so far has been a bloody disgrace"<br /><br />As to food they haven't been feeding him. They had soup there in a mug with a straw. I pointed out it was to thick to suck up in his state and was told that's how it is sent and they are not allowed to touch it or thin it. <br />Not good to annoy me l had her promising to to speak to kitchen staff about sending it thin. Told her were they not able to ask until l demanded it thin are they so bloody incompetent they insist on feeding food that is unsuitable so they can say the patient was fed.<br /><br />He has thick yellow phlem pouring from his mouth and they have him lying flat as they can... he needs to be upright so it flows out and away from him. <br /><br />He doesn't know where he is thought he was in paris? he thinks we are staying in a room there. He thought we had been in a car accident and my husband told him there was a big wind whirling outside we crashed in. He is not able to understand a lot. The hospital keep telling us he is lucid. <br /><br />I have had enough of being lied to and my father not treated properly. I am also going to storm through the bloody place like king kong till l find the head l need to splat against a wall even if it is the chief executive and get the whole mess sorted.Vetnursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540531837941930258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-30468819629438854312010-02-26T10:47:57.106+00:002010-02-26T10:47:57.106+00:00I get to visit a lot of care homes. The good ones ...I get to visit a lot of care homes. The good ones are great and the atmosphere always `up`. There are some amazing old people in there, all with fantastic stories. I hope to take my Harley-riding mates round to one this summer. The hard of hearing residents should be OK ;)Get fit and well soon.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-23355777183277941252010-02-25T23:15:09.589+00:002010-02-25T23:15:09.589+00:00Thought it was probably your Dad Hon.
Keep your c...Thought it was probably your Dad Hon. <br />Keep your chin up and get over your own infection too!Dave the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347556208368236933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461732503895620022.post-38576287033888148442010-02-25T19:50:48.373+00:002010-02-25T19:50:48.373+00:00so sorry to hear about all this. it is all so har...so sorry to hear about all this. it is all so hard when we get old. the thing no-one seems to get is that this will be all of us and the care that old folks get should be what we ourselves would expect. so many (not all by any means) people in this field go on in ways that would make them cry if they were on the receiving end of it. it must feel so tough for you trying to sort it out. hugselderly rock chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124830900256764200noreply@blogger.com