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.
Five million elderly only have TV for company
Five million elderly only have TV for company: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Five million elderly people only have television for company as they see friends and family less than once a month, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said, as he announced new measures for councils to tackle the problem.
Research clearly shows that loneliness increases the risk of heart disease
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
7:00AM GMT 22 Nov 2012
Surveys will be sent to elderly people and their carers asking them if they are lonely and feel socially isolated.
Councils can then offer services such as day centres and meals on wheels where necessary.
Esther Rantzen, chairman of The Silver Line, a new helpline to protect elderly people from abuse and neglect, combat loneliness and help them negotiate care services, said: “Some older people told me that they have nobody to speak to at all for weeks on end.”
Mr Hunt will also announce a £20m package that councils can bid for to pay for schemes to help vulnerable people keep warm and safe and prevent hospital admissions during the winter.
