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. The report of the Commission on Quality Care on the care of elderly patients has generated a great response today, including many personal stories.

OldWifey Comment:

My mother was in a room rather depressing. The nurses were very nice, but the place was manifestly inadequate. Cleaning was poor and patients rarely washed.

One thing I did was when I got to find my mother distraught and trembling, because their blankets on the floor. He asked for a cleaner way, a woman carrying the drinks and the woman's car to replace the library.

said they were not allowed to nurses as they are allowed to touch the bedding. Needless to say, it was impossible to draw the attention of a nurse.

Among the comments from health professionals, the type StevHep

work as a nurse in a hospital in the community with the elderly, and almost exclusively in acute medicine for older people to avoid. The service in both cases there can be no doubt be improved, but I doubt many problems were identified in the report. There is a reason. This is training. Nursing care for the elderly is a specialty such as pediatrics. You need a knowledge base and commitment that is different from nursing or young adults healthy older people in general, with an individual medical problem. Elderly patients often have multiple comorbidities, and cognitive difficulties of dealing with the normal activities of daily living. People are not trained to deal with these questions do not address, or at least not consistently.

formation'm by not talking about rocket science. Nurses, health assistants, catering staff, doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other team members can be trained to identify and meet the needs of patients. Staffing issues are important, of course, but the fact is that most NHS patients are now over 70 years and that should mean that most NHS staff should receive training specialized care for the elderly and annual updates. It does not happen. This is because it is not considered a priority within the NHS is run by the goals of surgery, waiting time in bed occupancy, etc.. The priorities are skewed towards the health needs articulated electorally hyperactive middle-aged middle class. The frail elderly, especially frail elderly poor, do not tend to advance their own cause.

ExMatron

And he adds:

nursing leadership is essential for provinding excellent nursing care, but cuts and target driven culture has had a devastating effect on health, personal and moral.

had 24 years of nursing experience, but the role I was in was deemed too expensive, and was cut. The rooms have more patients and fewer people are no longer visible and effective leadership to ensure that quality care is delivered.

is horrible to see nurses who work hard because of the lower level of care, but probably do the best job possible with available resources. Still no excuse for not providing basic care, adequate and I was appalled that the medical staff to prescribe drinking water for patients in the Alexandra Hospital just to make sure they were sufficiently hydrated.

But other critics have sought to highlight the experiences of the care, including aspaldistra

My grandmother was

admitted to hospital with suspected stroke NHS, and moved later when he discovered that the cancer was inoperable. She had excellent care at any time and the nurses were excellent and very well maintained.

is very disturbing to hear the stories reported, but I think it is important to remember that not everyone's experience. It seems that there is a danger of confusing the bad practices in some hospitals with a general malaise in the NHS.

has been much debate on Twitter too. NHS workers and blogger Brian Kellett tweets:

... Nothing to do with the lack of nurses in hospitals and trying to keep costs down? When I was support for people over 15 years there was not enough

Polly Curtis

blog Reality Check is now asking the question why some hospitals are not the elderly?

. Appointment this evening as Andrew Lansley is one of the panels at Question Time. Protesters hold a "pressure bite" before the program.

. Libraries. The militants have now lost their battle to save six libraries in the city to close Brent. In the High Court, the judge dismissed the claims of activists Ouseley "that Brent Council plans to close half of its library was illegal and" serious irregularities "and the impact of the proposals had not been adequately evaluated. Rejected a application of judicial musicians Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and Goldfrapp -. long with writer Alan Bennett - was one of those who have publicly supported the campaign His case was followed closely by those who fight for rescue services.. 400 libraries in other endangered species across the country, however, activists have vowed to continue the fight against Margaret Bailey, director of a nursery who led the campaign, said.

Our campaign to save libraries, as Brent continues to challenge the idea that Brent can provide a complete library service by closing half the number of libraries in the city.

same time, demand that, given the serious concerns raised by local residents, Brent will take time before closing the doors of the library, many consider the options proposed by the groups to preserve local local library services, and open a dialogue with these groups to find constructive solutions for our communities.

Brent Council has already spent more than £ 70,000 of money from people in the legal cases and should not lose more money in the pursuit of a policy of closing the library that the vast majority Brent residents opposed.

Meanwhile, Peter Hannon tweets:

shocking that # # Brent Labour leader Ann John called for plans to close half of our libraries "exciting"

More response via hashtag # savelibraries