Good Morning everyone, how lovely to hear about so much outing and abouting! Enjoy it all - and for all off on holiday, how wonderful to have good weather forecasts. The memories you will all make can be dry ones! ? Hurrah!
Merry Christmas, ??Mattie - have a wonderful day. ?
Every time I see a Flamingo photo on here, I feel each bird could have (like trees) )a little tag on its leg saying ‘sponsored by (name) through Gransnet’. ? Then we could not only look out for Flamingoes as we go though life, we could also spot names we know!
I echo completely what dragonfly has said, Susan. It’s a very odd thing to say if indeed your poor FiL is just dealing with old age. Not so long ago, such patients would have been considered ‘bed blockers’ - and hospitals would be trying desperately to find them spaces in Homes, if they were unable to live unaided or had no home support. I’m astonished this isn’t even more pressing in these awful times. Since your FiL has family and, of course, he will be suffering emotionally from being in a hospital - unless very ill - it sounds like a case of no one joining the dots. The hospital won’t discharge him until he no longer needs to be there for medical care, but it’s not likely that whilst there he will have had a full assessment of his needs - which is normally arranged through Adult Social Care. Whatever level of support he requires can then be arranged through whatever agencies are considered necessary and the Hospital gets its bed back! His closest family need to speak directly to the Doctor in charge of his care and direct questions need to be asked regarding ongoing medical treatment - or when they plan to discharge him. Someone probably needs to kickstart this, otherwise he’ll suffer unnecessarily through inaction.
If it turns out that his care can be met by family, at home, possibly with some adaptations at home, or other support, surely the sooner a plan is put in place, the better. I always found Adult Social Care helpful, if weighed down with work. My late Mum never had an allocated Social Worker. Case files were actually farmed out to another County, and it was hard to arrange regular Assessments and get any ducks in a row…but it does pay to keep on! Keep notes, take names and follow up arrangements. He deserves that and so does his Wife. Good luck! x
I’m in a lazy mood today. This sadly means that I must face the ironing. So, maybe an interesting Desert Island Discs will keep me company whilst I power through the task. Not too much distraction needed, or I’ll steam a finger and be reaching for the Lavender oil even quicker than usual.
Well wishes for those who are poorly. Have the best day, everyone. The news is not terribly encouraging for the Freedom Day you’re all waiting for. Hope that’s all exaggeration, but ………..keep extra safe - just in case.
Hugs and love from France ?? ?
