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It absolutely disgusts me the lack of facilities provided in this country for terminally sick people.
My grandad has been diagnosed with parkinsons with louis bodies disease for over ten years,
His awareness is decreasing and he is deteriorating increasingly as time passes,
due to this he is becomming more dependant of those around him, most significantly my grandma.
The nhs so far offered to put him in a home, where they spoke to him with a terrible attitude showed no compassion what so ever. When he requested to be taken to the toilet in the night several times, they left him there telling him he didn't need to go, so subsequently he had no option but to wet himself, they 'forgot' to give him his medicine, to prevent heart attacks, in the end he either had to be taken home, or left to die.
At home they are ment to provide help for my grandma as she isn't the fittest of fiddles, they have taken five years to get anywhere and so far all they have is staff helping in the morning, my grandma's getting increasingly bad arthritus(sp?) and terrible back problems which have now become even worse, as she has to lift my grandad in and out of bed, and baisically do everything for him. In effect there lack of help is not only worsening one person its killing two.
I help whenever i am home, my brother has left school now, instead of his alevels he is helping my grandma on certain days, the nhs are now paying him for his time....
Now we are in the process of getting 24hr helpers in for my grandma, but i feel its too little to late. To watch this happen to anyone especially loved ones, makes me sick... and the most awful fact is there is actually fuck all i can do, other than the little i am doing now.
The other day he asked for a driving liscence off my mum, because he said it was about time he got out the house.
hours later he asked if i had bought those tea bags he'd asked for. and then he attacked the stuffed rino i got him for christmas telling me it was laughing at him and getting it in a headlock.
It doesn't actually feel like he is the same person anymore, and i barely remember the person he was.
My grandad has been diagnosed with parkinsons with louis bodies disease for over ten years,
His awareness is decreasing and he is deteriorating increasingly as time passes,
due to this he is becomming more dependant of those around him, most significantly my grandma.
The nhs so far offered to put him in a home, where they spoke to him with a terrible attitude showed no compassion what so ever. When he requested to be taken to the toilet in the night several times, they left him there telling him he didn't need to go, so subsequently he had no option but to wet himself, they 'forgot' to give him his medicine, to prevent heart attacks, in the end he either had to be taken home, or left to die.
At home they are ment to provide help for my grandma as she isn't the fittest of fiddles, they have taken five years to get anywhere and so far all they have is staff helping in the morning, my grandma's getting increasingly bad arthritus(sp?) and terrible back problems which have now become even worse, as she has to lift my grandad in and out of bed, and baisically do everything for him. In effect there lack of help is not only worsening one person its killing two.
I help whenever i am home, my brother has left school now, instead of his alevels he is helping my grandma on certain days, the nhs are now paying him for his time....
Now we are in the process of getting 24hr helpers in for my grandma, but i feel its too little to late. To watch this happen to anyone especially loved ones, makes me sick... and the most awful fact is there is actually fuck all i can do, other than the little i am doing now.
The other day he asked for a driving liscence off my mum, because he said it was about time he got out the house.
hours later he asked if i had bought those tea bags he'd asked for. and then he attacked the stuffed rino i got him for christmas telling me it was laughing at him and getting it in a headlock.
It doesn't actually feel like he is the same person anymore, and i barely remember the person he was.