A lot to think about : Wandering through a Care Home

You can watch the television all day if you want to. You can listen to the radio. if you can't walk by yourself then you're very restricted because there are staff to take you into the garden or to do something with you and what most people seem to miss the most is conversatio, having a chat with somebody talking to somebody but it's got to be either someone they know and trust and love or someone very imaginative. good even if it's a poor quality of life it takes a lot of courage to get out if that is feasible for on the other hand there was a woman there when I was there and she was only there because she broken her more leg so obviously it was time limited but she was frightened of going home and at the same time she was angry about the large bill she was paying I think it's being alone at night that frightens people but it's so much nicer to sleep in your own bed and in my case I got a new bed. and I got a wool duve and new pillows. if you don't feel co...

I have come to realise miscommunication is much more common than I thought and one of the main reasons for this is quite simple. When we speak to someone we think that they will hear exactly what we say. But what we say is filtered by personaity our voice our tone or accent but more importantly by what the other person can allow into their head. When I was in the hospital my sister told me that she'd been told that I would never be able to walk again.But when I asked the staff I found she had not been told that at all so the Sister who spoke to her believe that she has said I would be able to walk again but no better than I was previously because of the arthritis. but my sister heard unless she was lying she heard that I would never be able to walk again although I have not had a stroke or anything else that nature it seems to be caused by low blood pressure on standing. I was very ill with something else an infection which I had for quite a long time before I went to the hospi...