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“ Mum has always been stubbornly independent and it was important for her to be “ allowed ” to go out even if she sometimes got lost or upset .”
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Mum has always been stubbornly independent and it was important for her to be “ allowed ” to go out even if she sometimes got lost or ����������������������������� ��������������������������� and I often heard that ���������������������� guided her back home again . Social services were often involved and it was a great relief when mum and I met a social worker who understood the concept of “ positive risk-taking ”. I supplemented the basic ����������������������������� the extra-care housing with �������������������������������� and paid companions . It took a bit of organising but Mum was still living a “ real ” life , despite her dementia .
When my friend Nicci Gerrard described the
catastrophic effect that a stay in hospital had on her father����������������������� nothing like that should happen to mum . Families can be excluded from offering care in hospital due to the visiting hours ’ �������������������������� ������������������������� that I knew her needs the best . She was developing such essential trust in me ; it would be unthinkable to be ����������������������������� at her time of greatest need . ������������������������������ John ’ s Campaign in 2014 .
“ The primary focus of our campaign is to ask that carers should be welcomed at any time if the person they care for is admitted to hospital .”
The primary focus of our campaign is to ask that carers should be welcomed at any time if the person they care for is admitted to hospital . That includes �������������������������� carer wishes to do so .
Two years later , change is on the way and over 400 hospitals throughout the UK have signed up to implement John ’ s Campaign with nursing and care homes starting �������������������������� ����������������������������� ������������������������������ Campaign conference she shared her hope that together we can create the expectation that if the ���������������������������� ��������������������������� presence outside visiting hours would be valuable , ���������������������������� staff to the campaign and ask them to implement ������������������������� of carers who are raising these questions throughout ���������������������������� change on this issue .
Mum is reaching the later stages of her illness now ����������������������� into a dementia specialist nursing home near me . This move was traumatic but was unavoidable . Although she now has 24 hour ���������������������������� responsible for her well- ������������������������ ����������������������
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