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  • .. I shall wear purple

    The BBC reported yesterday about a Care Home, Woodland House in St Austell, Cornwall that has a wonderful sounding ‘Make a Wish’ initiative. Residents of the home are asked about dreams and goals for the future and in a worthy endeavour the home seeks to carry them out. So… A 90-year...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-09-2008

  • Pet Therapy

    A couple of years back, I visited a residential home with a woman (that I’ll call A) who needed to move into residential care. She didn’t particularly want to, but she had accepted the need with a heavy heart. She didn’t have any other family so I took her to see some of the available...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-26-2008

  • It’s good to talk

    The Commission of Social Care Inspection are, according to the BBC, reporting the groundbreaking news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn. twenty_questions  @flickr At the risk of being a little cynical, one does...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
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