Monthly Archives: July 2011
Bedsores: the treatable killer
Bedsores: the treatable killer
Bedsores are caused in the main by neglectful nursing care for the bed-ridden. Why are we allowing it to happen?
7:30AM BST 11 Jul 2011
The nurse pulled back the covers and I recoiled instinctively. It wasn’t so much the sight of the raw flesh that made me feel ill as the smell.
“It must have been like this for months,” said the nurse. “How can they claim to be caring for this poor woman when they leave her to develop sores like this?”
Southern Cross set to shut down and stop running homes
Southern Cross set to shut down and stop running homes
“It is currently envisaged that the existing group will cease to be an operator of homes,” an update on the restructuring process said.
As a result, trading in the company’s shares has been suspended.
Becoming A Carer
I’m searching for myself
I used to be around
But now that i’m a carer
I just can’t be found
I used to be so different
Not worried and tired all the time
There are only so many hours in a day
And not many of them mine
I really miss my freedom
The fun and carefree days
A time when i knew who i was
And not lost within this maze.
Myrna.
