As much as I love my blog and enjoy writing, sometimes I wish I don't have the material to blog about, just when I get accustomed to certain flaws, which is wrong to do, something happens and makes me realise there are so many wrongs in this world that go unnoticed or ignored.
The latest story is about 74 years old Lady who suffers from dementia, lives alone but gets daily care by a care agency. This lady has the same carer that goes to her everyday except Saturday, and so on that day the agency forgets to send a cover or a replacement and the elderly lady stays alone in the house looking for something to eat, does not know how to bath or toilet herself and of course does not take the medication she is on.
The regular carer complains and voices her concern but the office apologise and after all we are all humans and commit mistakes and forgetful!!! But this is repeated almost every week so human error is actually not an error but negligence and lack of care.
Imagine the vulnerability of the woman, or the fact that she goes for a whole day without food or medication, if people can place themselves in her or in the position of all the cases I have written about only then will better care service be provided. People who make laws, regulations, control health and social care need to imagine being that person in need of the service or think that it could be them in need of help only then the treatment that will be on offer will be of a high class.
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