Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | |
Posted by: | Sarah Felstead | |
Date/Time: | 01/03/12 14:58:00 |
Greetings, Paul The whole situation of having somebody requiring support after leaving hospital is scary. The discharge process added to the nightmare with suggestions being made to ‘get rid’ of the patient from a hospital bed which were positively unsafe let alone unkind. Discharge meetings had to be multidisciplinary which in short meant a room full of around 7 other people apart from the patient and their relative, which in this case meant a room full of around 10 people. This is intimidating simply by nature. When asked for notes of the meeting there were none which could be made available. If there were notes they would detail suggestions from the multidisciplinary team that the patient could go home and live downstairs with a bowl and commode and move room to room as the work was progressing – a comment made about this was you can renovate a house room by room, so why can’t he move room to room. The work involved the ground floor of a 3 bed semi being turned into a building site with dust, debris and open floorboard holes for drains, water and central heating pipes. Doors off hinges and electrical and plaster work. The patient could not use the stairs and the front room was to be turned into a bedroom with a wet room in the corner. The patient walked upright with the aid of one of those trollies and had a history of falling and having ambulance crew attend to help him to his feet, and that was on a stable surface. The carpets from the whole ground floor were up or loosed. At one stage there was a real fear that the hospital were going to simply drop him off at home and they were told that if they did, the door would be locked as the house was unsafe. There was no dispute about the house being unsafe either before adaptions or during adaptions. The emphasis was on discharging him and ‘fitting him in to the discharge’ and not ‘fitting the environment and help required to keep him safe at home’. The lady from Hounslow Homes help was called in by either the physios or the PALs team, whose help was sought to help make sense of what the discharge people were proposing. Tucked away in a leaflet was a snippet about ‘rehab care’ and after asking about this on the patients behalf it was agreed he could go there to regain some strength until the house was sorted out. Rehab was not offered. If anyone wanted to get a true idea of how many people are living out of a bucket in their own home I suppose a starting point might be the care agencies that help people wash & dress each day, ask them for details of what facilities are available. |
Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
Hounslow Homes | 21/12/11 13:22:00 | Paul Fisher |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 21/12/11 14:05:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 23/12/11 20:28:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 23/12/11 20:44:00 | Paul Allen |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 24/12/11 08:02:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 25/12/11 11:22:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 01/01/12 19:24:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 01/01/12 20:33:00 | Bernadette Paul |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 03/01/12 10:35:00 | maeve beg |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 03/01/12 10:40:00 | Keith Iddon |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 03/01/12 16:09:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 08/01/12 17:50:00 | Sarah Felstead |
How many of these houses become squats? | 18/01/12 19:59:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 18/01/12 22:52:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 09:10:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 10:05:00 | Paul Fisher |
Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 14:29:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 15:02:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 15:37:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 16:32:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 19/01/12 17:51:00 | Phil Andrews |
Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 23/01/12 16:22:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 24/01/12 18:57:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 02/02/12 12:10:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How many of these houses become squats? | 02/02/12 12:12:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 22/01/12 14:31:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 23/01/12 11:15:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 23/01/12 19:08:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 23/01/12 22:32:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 05/02/12 20:14:00 | Jason Sylvester |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 06/02/12 07:43:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 06/02/12 07:48:00 | Paul Fisher |
Long Term Empty properties | 06/02/12 07:59:00 | John Todd |
Re:Long Term Empty properties | 06/02/12 08:33:00 | Paul Fisher |
Long Term Empty properties | 06/02/12 10:37:00 | John Todd |
Re:Long Term Empty properties | 06/02/12 10:57:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Long Term Empty properties | 06/02/12 12:53:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Long Term Empty properties | 07/02/12 17:29:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Empty public sheltered accommodation | 07/02/12 23:24:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Empty public sheltered accommodation | 10/02/12 08:05:00 | Christopher Boucher |
Re:Re:Empty public sheltered accommodation | 10/02/12 11:39:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 17/02/12 14:57:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Meeting 21st February - tomorrow night - is there an agenda? | 20/02/12 22:20:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Meeting 21st February - tomorrow night - is there an agenda? | 22/02/12 13:53:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Meeting is 23rd February - Thursday night. | 22/02/12 14:15:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Meeting is 23rd February - Thursday night. | 28/02/12 10:11:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 28/02/12 10:36:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 28/02/12 20:27:00 | Paul Allen |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 01/03/12 14:58:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 01/03/12 22:19:00 | Paul Allen |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 01/03/12 22:33:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 18/03/12 07:36:00 | Paul Fisher |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 18/03/12 10:06:00 | Phil Andrews |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 19/03/12 10:33:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 19/03/12 11:27:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 19/03/12 18:47:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 19/03/12 22:11:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Hounslow Homes | 19/03/12 22:26:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Long term empty | 11/05/12 16:42:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Long term empty | 11/05/12 17:01:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 11/05/12 20:02:00 | Jim Linwood |
Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 26/05/12 23:57:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 27/05/12 18:52:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 29/06/12 13:54:00 | Sarah Felstead |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 29/06/12 17:14:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Homes | 29/06/12 18:49:00 | Sarah Felstead |