A dignified man facing an undignified death’
February 25, 2016
Carers, family, Featured Article, Older care, Social care
Retired Norfolk teacher calls for rethink of our welfare state
He was now spending all his days housebound, getting no exercise, with an ulcer which wasnt healing but he was cheerful and self-reliant – not bad for a man of 96. He wasnt complaining.
A Norfolk retired teacher, who asked to remain anonymous for the privacy of the individual involved, makes a poignant case for a major rethink of our welfare state.
It’s not sensational enough to make the news. No emaciated ribs, he wasn’t found face-down, drowned in the gutter. It’s just a story telling us something about the Britain we choose to live in. It’s a story of institutionalised neglect. About how someone, just like you or me, becomes a mere statistic.
A man of 96 – never been ill in his life.
