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I have just seen a programme on bbc1,about elderly care and nursing homes,and it was absolutely dreadful.i cant comprehend how one human being could do some of these things to another.it's time everyone let their local authorities know that we wont put up with their decisins ,as in our councils caes,to no longer admit physiacally frail people,except in emergencies.anyoone else hae any views on this programme.???

hi sal... i didn't see the programme hun... but i have heard before about the way some care homes treat their patients... it's disgusting... there should be tighter restrictions and more fundings all round.... sheryl..... xxxx

hi sheryl,nice to hear from you love,are you okay??i sat and cried watching that programme,and i think its disgusting.my mother is in residential care,and we have been fighting to stop the local authority from selling it to the private sector,just for the reasons you gave.they are going ahead with the sale,and i arent happy about it at all.xxxx

i think the private ones can the worse ones in some cases.... they don't have, or even need trained staff... there's very rarely anyone there with medical knowledge... all they need is a building with a kitchen, someone with basic cookery to do the meals, such as they are... a few bedrooms with basic furniture, bathroom n loo, and maybe a lounge area and dining area.... what they don't need is experience.... then they fleece you for all you've got..... bloody disgusting.......
sheryl.... xxxxxx

you are quite right sheryl.a lot of the staff dont have the qualifications they should have,because there isnt enough funding to pay the decent wages.i have been apalled since we started this campaign almost a year ago.the council gives the best of everything,but cant afford to keep the homes on.there should be funding from the government to keep them open.salxx

hi sal.... the government look after their own hun, no bugger else.... things have gone back to the days of the work houses.... they'll bring back the penny line next i shouldn't wonder.... why the hell don't these homes apply for a lottery grant, there's supposed to be millions out there waiting for someone to put a bid in... too bone idle to see into it... the fat cat at the top will be too busy counting his money and the staff too thick to know about it...... now which way up does this bed pan go.............
system stinks sal, and it's getting worse....
sheryl..... xxxxxx

hi had the doctor in coming off the old tablet's made me loopy lou can't rembemer much of fri to mon so am slowly beenin weaned off them the first thing i woke up to this moring is me huggin a teddy lol was told by r would'ent let it go!?? i know some home's can be bad & some nurseing people cruel we know lisa fizpatrick my 2 daughter's went to infant junior & high school in my middle daughter's class we cant belive she is capabile of it!?? i have had her in my house many time's seen her grow up she never hurt a fly would never fight back just hope she's not been made an ascape goat!?? d

awwww doris,i hope youre felling better now love.i will give you a ring later on today,if you dont feel like chatting ,just say so,i will nderstand,really!!!!is lisa the one that was sent to prison for cruelty.i saw the first programme yesterday,but couldnt remember her name.i am off to get ready for the docs now,chat to you soon.take care <love.sal

hi should be back up about 4ish as am back to bed feeling tired again spk soon x d

Paganmoon that is a great idea!! I am going to suggest it. Lottery funds. Brilliant!

It is a huge problem here, it always has been. The other side of it is many could stay home if they had home help. Once again it is funds.I that idea. Most lottery funds go for parks and libraries here. This is a desperate need in comparison. I am doing something about it! It would be the perfect thing to get onto our voting issues ballot.

hi abbi... think it's a problem worldwide if the truth be known.... i agree, if people could get the help they needed at home, there wouldn't be the overcrowding in care homes and hospitals....
the lottery funds tend to go to the arts n stuff... what use is that to a deaf 90yr old with a bladder problem.... no bloody use at all..... think we should all put a word in with our local government about it hun....
take care.... sheryl..... xxxxxxx

Agreed!

my hubby spent enough on the lottery over the years, about time i saw into getting some back for me old age......
well if his no.'s come up i'll talk him into getting me a sexy male nurse.... lol....
sheryl.... xxxxxx

I don't know if you caught the insinuation (believe thats the correct term) when I originally posted it abbi, so I thought I'd repeat it here too (as I think it relates to man's cruelty to his fellow man):

"Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings."

Helen Keller

Hmm. sexy male nurse
Wow, if needing a nurse....Yeah ,why not!
Good one sheryl!

That is for sure jaZZ.
Oh thanks for mentioning her!

I read her as a young girl.
Helen did amazing things

It's interesting I've been reading or peeking at, what I'd read when young, poetry & books.

Some are timeless, such as Helen
It served me well to have read about others struggles.

Right abbi, its inpiring to find out about overcoming adversity, & just How much adversity can be overcome with patience & perseverance (not to mention getting unbeatable examples of just what patience & perseverance really are).

hi abbi.... i'll get you one too hun.... and no doubt sal will want one... lol.... i'll see if they've got on of those three for two deals going on.... lol......
well we can dream.... mmmmmmmm
sheryl....xxxxxx

Got to dream Possibly every 333rd (random number) one comes true, so make them good!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .... that's me dreaming away.... lol....
sheryl.... xxxxx