Don’t make the mistake of polishing my halo and telling me I’m wonderful. I’m the carer who doesn’t care. I wash, clean, feed and generally look after my dependant, but I would rather not be doing it and it is done with a sense of resentment and sacrifice, most definitely not care.
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What I’m really thinking: the carer
‘I’m the carer who doesn’t care’
‘I don’t think it is a coincidence that carers often seem to develop serious illnesses themselves.’
Epileptic girl, 17, who choked on her own vomit in a hospital bed ‘was ignored by two nurses’
- Lassania Aslam, 17, suffered five epileptic fits in the space of 24 hours
- Caroline O’Rourke and Mary Subaste failed to look after her properly
- Coroner’s court hear how hospital neglect contributed to her death
By Steve Robson
PUBLISHED: 09:35, 23 November 2012 | UPDATED: 10:53, 23 November 2012
Tragic: Lassania Aslam had learning disabilities and was a life-long sufferer of epilepsyTwo nurses who ignored the plight of an epileptic girl who died after she inhaled her own vomit in a hospital bed face being struck off.
Lassania Aslam, 17, suffered five seizures in the space of 24 hours after being admitted to The Whittington Hospital in Archway, north London.
But senior nurses Caroline O’Rourke and Mary Subaste failed to ensure she was looked after properly as the 17-year-old’s brain was starved of oxygen, a tribunal heard.
Subaste had witnessed two of Lassania’s fits, one of which lasted for six minutes.
Welsh-speaking carers supported
A NEW strategy which aims to improve
Welsh language services for carers and their families has been launched today.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Deputy Minister for Social Services Gwenda Thomas and Health Minister Lesley Griffiths launched the scheme which aims to improve the quality of people’s experience of Welsh language care among front line service.
Mrs Griffiths said: “We want to make sure users and their families feel that they are able to use Welsh when being assessed and receiving treatment or care.
