Dear editor,
As a nurse assigned to Imray Ward at the Princess Margaret Hospital, I feel obligated to express my antipathy towards the arduous increase in Boarders on the ward.
It’s not only the utter neglect from relatives that have me gravely concerned, but also the noxious attacks that health care workers endure on a weekly basis if not every day. I am the echo of the nurses who are tired of the abuse from these boarders and I’m saying that “This will not stand!”
What is a boarder? You may ask. A boarder is a patient who was discharged but now lives on the ward because he has no home to go to or has no immediate relative who is willing to care for him.
Most of the men had many visitors during their convalescent period, however, most of these relatives were nowhere to be found or refused to take responsibility for these men when they were told that the men were discharged. It is shocking to note that one of the men has been on the ward for well over two years and counting. At present the numbers have increased to three.
It was on the second of November 2013, at approximately 6:30am that an incident occurred between a boarder and a nurse. This incident, was the saw that severed my usual silent decorum.
On the Morning of the 2nd, after working a good 12 hours of night duty we were further stressed by one of the boarders. He threw himself off his bed on purpose in order to go to his neighbor’s locker to take away some of his belongings.
When he was cautioned by one of the nurses, the virulence of his response surprised me. He threatened to punch the nurse and dragged himself closer to where she stood. The orderly was called as a form of security and to assist us to put him back unto his bed, but we had great difficulty to accomplish this feat.
In the process, he scratched up the nurses hand, then grabbed unto her uniform almost shredding it apart. I too almost got lashed with his hands and feet. Take note that this boarder is not psychotic nor does he have any Psychotic history.
This incident as I have understood, has not been the first and many other Nurses and Ward-aids have been in continuous fracas with two of these boarders on a daily basis.
I declare that we the nurses and ward-aids are exhausted!
I am looking forward for measures that have been in the pipeline for more than two years to be pumped out and take full effect to proscribe such individuals from being on the ward. I am hoping too that legislation will be made to have relatives take full responsibility for their own or suffer some legal consequence.
I am yet to understand why some of these men who have a home are still on the ward. What of the Yes we care programme in the districts? What about the District Health Care System? What about REACH? Some relatives said that they have sought assistance from the Government but their efforts have been unsuccessful. So instead they are left on the ward.
These burgeoning boarders are slowly transforming the ward into a nursing home. We consider this to be a serious internal crisis and the nurses and ward aids even the orderlies have had enough.
“This definitely will not stand!”
My heart goes out to the nurses and the boarders. It is sad to read so many negative comments towards the nurses. They are our own and should be treated with respect. we need them all. I believe that this particular nurse did the right thing. She turned to the public hoping that their silent cries will be heard. This was done out of love. i do hope that those in authority will react and thus solve this problem. People remember the nurses are human. To God be the glory
get these borders out please…
I am int he healthcare field and i trying to understand if a patient is being discharge why would they have these patient stayin on the ward for all these years, as far as i know once the patient is discharge and sign by the patient the hospital or nurse is not responsible for these patients. thats where the govement should come in and put in place a home for these patients that does not have a home to go to after being discharge from the hospital. Are these patient being seen and taken care off by the nurse and doctor, if so how are they paying the hospital bill. there are sickly patients out there that needs the bed, something need to be done about this.
This again shows that this ” YES WE CARE” programme of this government is a sham. Like the Red Clinic it has nothing to do with the love or concern for the poor.They were conceived to exploit the poor and create an entitlement society where grovelling becomes the order of the day.Call, he must know what to do with them. He’ll make them the poster boys of the government information service propaganda
Why if we refuse to take care of our own the goverment is to be blamed. If these people had money the family members would be fighting as to where tis person should stay so they can benefit. We must all remember ( do the same to others as you would like them to do to you.) We all have to get old some day and would like to be taken care of when we cant help ourselves.
Take care of your parents, brothers and sisters. Love each other
I understand your frustration and anger ,been there. Usually these people are angry because of the situation that they are in and the nurses and roommates are the people they can vent on. They do have good days and bad days. Maybe the social worker can intervene and place them in senior homes. We do need the beds for our sick patients and we also need our sick clients to feel safe during their hospitalization.
i can totaly relate to the nurses cry,some change must take place…..at the same time i tend to look at the boarder’s angle also…we should realize there are negative effects of abandonment..depression can develop,self worth diminish,acts of violence may be exhibited just because persons family are unwilling or incapable of caring for their once INDEPENDENT family member. We need a solution quick,quick. Nurses should not be forced to work in such unhealthy environment
I must say as medical professional that it is all down to bad management and poor implementation of services or there is none at all. These are issues that need to be address at a MDM meeting before a patient can be discharge. At the time of admission of any patient, patient history should be of importance. I wonder what is the process of discharging a patient in Dominica. I can’t understand why patients who have been discharged, are still inpatients for two years or more. Simply because they have no home to go to. There should be services in place to deal with situations like these. Oh Dominica you have so much to learn.
get rid of the hospital administrator. julius do something at once.this is damn nonsense.that is why i gave up living in da.
Myself an RN in the US I feel your pain and disgust. I would give him a muscle relaxer daily he would be at peace with himself 24/7. He would be the poster child for a baby commercial.
I must say that I too support you Nurse, because I am a health care worker my self and I work at the Portsmouth hospital and we too have a boarder and this man behave like the ward is his home, and we are bringing sick people at his home. He is actually upset when their are real patient on the ward. He shouts at other patient and disrespects nurses when they try to correct him and what he says is that he was place there “by order” meaning that it was ordered by some one of the superiors at the ministry of health that he is to stay on the ward but for what, he has truck loads of family and homes to go to so why should he be occupying a bed and eating tax payers well earned money and he is not sick. He was discharged by a Doctor almost three years now, yes three years the man has been on the ward for this is nonsense and yet the ministry wants the staff to come to work with a smile and say nothing. If a patient is discharged is because he need no more medical attention and he needs to go to his home but in this case the mans relative came for him but the ministry of health say to leave him there and what I want to know is WHY.
this letter is 100% true. These boarders are disrespectful, abusive its absolutely ridiculous. can you imagine being a patient on the ward and being woken up at 2 or 3am in the morning to a border swearing loudly. they beat on the nurses, scratch them even bite them, this just can’t continue. The appropriate authorities need to shift into high gear and organize to get these boarders out of the ward, PMH is a hospital NOT a nursing home.
Let me say nursey, I must commend you for writing this letter. Too many nurses are afraid to speak out these days. I do hope they do something about these boarders SOON!!!
@ the negative comments……….I think that the nurses are trying their best. Yes there are some who are uncaring etc like any other profession. But all in all, they are trying. Working long hours, with no incentives, hand to mouth salaries,short staff and the list goes on. More letters coming eh…………Just watch
Utter rubbish. Get these people off the ward.Make space for other sick people. monkey know on what tree it climbing. I should be a nurse on that ward and these men would see what time of day it is. I vex.
I am not condoning what the boarders are doing, but I understand why people resort to violence. I would be angry, flurried, and broken if my relatives bailed out on me at a time when I needed them the most. These boarders are unleashing their anger on those who are closer to them, and that is the hospital staff. This is a serious issue and one that should require better management from the hospital, or Government. People need jobs; that could be a whole new sector where regular citizens are asked to provide companionship to these boarders while getting paid a stipend. While I understand this nurse’s intention; I believe her letter should have been directed to the hospital administration, or Government. Nurses are supposed to be taught to deal with the unexpected, so this situation is an example of “the unexpected” and whining about it unacceptable.
After 2 years? I do not know who the nurse is but she is not whining. She is frustrated due to being insulted, assaulted and taken for granted; Expected the unexpected? She has has been abused, misused and she needs her job. Other patients have complained to me. They are unable to recover peacefully. That is why you see them walking on the hospital grounds with the IVs attached. This individual is no longer a patient but a criminal. Take him from the hospital to prison.
Drop them off in front of a family members house!!!
What if the family member cannot even take care of the family. Stuppesssssssssssssssssssss!
So many many families in Dominica are struggling to even have one meal per day.
oh yes i thought of that.the same set of ppl that brought him there
Correction: Should be What not hat
The government of Dominica need to provide for its elderly and under privileged citizens. Placement for people who are homeless. hat about a State owned nursing home ???
This is not something new to PMH. I was a staff nurse 30 years ago and we had boarders on the verandah on imray ward. It was the norm. If I can remember there were three of them and they were treated like patients. Its the system my dear!
This is not unique to Dominica at this time. I have visited a number of Caribbean hospitals due to my job and witness the same thing. Also increasingly medical staff in the emergency rooms are being assaulted world wide at an alarming rate. With respect to the boarders,some of these people own homes,some of which are rented or inhabited by relatives. We need to have legislation to have these properties confiscated and any pensions due signed over to the state to continue their care.
Do these three men have political backing? What is the position of the Minister of Health?
If I were the Services Coordinator, I would have the police remove them forcibly, being unwelcome trespassers, and brought to one of their relatives. If that is not possible, then house them temporarily in jail.
Why are you bringing this complaint here? Your letter didn’t address the avenues you went through to air your concerns?
I believe that the nurse should not have to deal with this kind of abuse. A boarder has to pay for being provided a place to stay and 3 meals per day. The powers that be should handle this: Departmental Sister, Matron, Principal Nursing Officer, Permanent Secretary, Dominica Nurses Association, Hospital Administration. I am sure that they all know about this. What is the rule and regulation upon discharge? Someone should put them on the doorstep of the daughter/son if they have any.
To the young people, prepare your future, YOU DONT WANT TO BE OLD AND BROKE, or else you might just be a boarder at the PMH..
Well said!
Nothing must interfere with a nurse performing her sacred duties. Yes, we accept assault occurs inadvertently in our line of work from time to time, but no healthcare professional should be placed in preventable physical jeopardy.
I would immediately have the police investigate and put the fear of God in this person. See how he would like to be boarded at the prison! The article is brilliant because it is positive and specifies the resources in place to provide for such situations.
Social welfare needs to get on the ball and make things happen. Yes it’s hard. But nurses should stand firm and insist boarders get off the ward NOW. Arrangements always fall in place later. Routinely fighting off ungrateful, violent, discharged boarders has never been part of any nursing job description.
I know that this is not unique at he PMH. The problem is complexed. Sometimes those clients have neglected their children and now they do not want to take care of them. To resolve the issue
the. Physican social workers all have to be involved to refer this client to an Institution
but unfortunately we do not have enough places for these people. I feel the pain of the Nurses.
Something need to be done…we are tired
My only response is ‘What!?!?’ This is totally unacceptable. Someone, somebody do something. HELP! HELP! This is unheard of that people live at the hospital after being discharged.
Apart from the 850 chairs at the red clinic, there should be 100 beds; a mid-wife, day-wife and might-wife.
Well I have a brother who only drinks rum. He is being spoken too almost on a daily basis, but he will not hear. He is being told to build a place of his own so that one day he will have a shelter over his head. If he ends up at PMH, he too will not have anybody to take him in.
HE WILL BE A BOARDER.
Correction: saying not suing
So what are the matron and hospital service coordinator suing about that ? How comes the nurse get so brave to write about that ? She doh fraid?
There’s nothing to be afraid about, am a nurse and if they make one wrong move ALL and I mean their DIRTY secrets will come out. It is time these health officials give we the nurses the respect we deserve. They have us there caring for people relatives that discharge soooo long ago and their relatives at their homes having a good time. “THIS WILL NOT STAND”. Just wait and you will see.
Who can prove a nurse wrote this… and so what its a dam free country
What u mean. Are u saying she cannot talk of problems at her work place because of the government who is now the people’s masters therefore she should be afraid of what may happen to her continued employment well we are the masters and they HE is the people servants so sad how we have changed roll . I now u may mean well but I just had to put my thoughts out there
Just to say that issue has reached all those big guys and gals up there. Nobody can seem to solve the problem of these boarders. Can you imagine they are picking up the space of THREE beds. True patients have to be place in un-comfortable situations of lying in the center of the ward with no privacy, no bed-side units to put their personal belongings. Come on this is not good. We will have to take this issue to MATT on D hotseat.
As a member of staff I say, if only it was an issue of they living on the ward having been discharge for so long. But I think that these heartless family members are putting their abandoned love ones at risk for neglect, abuse, etc. because I know for a fact the members of staff has had it. These boarders has got to go. PLEASE.
One day one of the boarders daughter came to visit him with a bag of sweet biscuits and soft drinks, her press on false nails well long and well polished. All I did as the nurse was laugh, it was just un-believable.
Be a bit more professonal
Nurse this is not a professional way of thinking.
If anything u use diplomacy or create a rappor
with that person to find out why is she not taking
her family member home. It should be addressed
in a professional matter not personal.
I am a nurse working on Imray ward and I support my colleague 100%. Two of the boarders prove to be very disrespectful and violent to the nurses, ward-aides, domestic workers and orderlies. Their relatives have dumped them there and turn their backs.
Why the orderlies don’t get their address, conform it and take them to their homes even if it has to be on their door steps.
In America, you are put on a one way bus/train/plane/donkey/elephant, (not trying to be funny either)etc. ride with no return!
I was visiting one day when I see one of the boarders send a urinal with urine in it after the nurse on duty and started shouting some real distasteful words at her. SAD for the nurses.
I guess that is why their relaive dont want them. Not that they dont love them because they visit, but because they also are afraid of them.
This is indeed a sad state of affairs: sad for the nurses who must deal with this on top of everything else… equally sad situation even for the persons who have no place to go.
I hope your letter makes things happen for all those involved. Hang in there!
nurse, as a former nurse to another I feel your pain.But this is not the correct place to air your concern. where is the hospital administrator ? where is the nurses association? where is the director of nursing? where is the PS health? where is the minister of health? just to name a few .its a serious matter and needs to be handled in a serious way.
My dear joy, hold your brakes. This has been reported to every last high member of staff and even government officials. Am a nurse so I know, OK.
I have to say that I agree with the nurse sending here letter to DNO. All these people and associations u,ve mentioned already knows about these people and what they are doing and if they do not know by now, then they haven’t been listening to our concerns. I also work on that ward and have had to deal with that same abuse from that boarder to the point where I will not assist him with anything. It leaves you no choice when family comes to the ward and wash their hands and you are left with dealing with their constant abuse. So three cheers to you nurse for sending out your letter maybe now all the people and associations you mentioned will take notice and hold these family members responsible for there relative. Let them find somewhere else to put them. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
Another one blinded by political aligence I see. You know well that the authorities are aware of the situation so why are you trying to criticise the nurse for making the public aware of the incompetence of your government? Nurse you have done the correct thing and I take my heart out to you. This could never happen when the current gun point president was gen. Sec of the CSA, the country would be closed for 60 days.
My HAT out
I totally agree with you. This is not the proper channel for a nurse to voice that frustration or issue. However nurses in Dominica are so unprofessional and rude its amazing. I am a nurse and I see them when they come to the US how lost they are when they realize its all about Patient satisfaction and that they cannot speak to patients or customers anyway they feel like. Its disgusting to even think that I was a nurse there. But again we were not like these group of unprofessionals
I disagree with this comment. It’s who is in the fire who feels the heat. It is not right to make a general comment that Dominican nurses are unprofessional. Since you were once among them, you should know that in order to be heard, you must have a big mouth and shout loudly. I agree that this is not the best medium for bringing this out, but going through the proper channels is frustrating and I am sure that the persons in charge of the hospital will say that they know nothing of the situation when this has been a daily cry for many months. You may see unprofessionalism but I see a cry of sheer frustration. I support this nurse 100%.
To the “American” Nurse: Do you also have the accent? Come deliver professionalism courses to our nurses/ customer service and stop thinking you are better than everyone because you are nice and cozy wiping white butts even if you dont want to …cuz you can smile at the end of the day for the fat sum that goes into your account. As far as i know, every body has a democratic right to write letters to the editor on any issue. Besides, the proper channel maybe has been over used and im happy that she wrote this letter. Its long overdue….
hold your horses you were one of the rotten eggs they were trying to break. now you want to give on DA nurses
How are you so sure that she didn’t go to the matron? Nowadays issues are being swept under the rug very quickly. I AGREE WITH YOU NURSE!! VENT OUT!!
I feel for the nurses. Relatives are no longer taking care of the sick and disabled, it is a sad thing. I took care of my granny till her dying day, she was my queen. I will do this for my mother, stepfather or any of my other siblings. God is love, however I can understand why some persons don’t do it anymore, I had an experience with an extended family member, took care of him , he used to be in and out of the hospital, mind you this occurred for a period of 8 years and he is in age 60 +. And in the end I spent my time money, energy, u don’t even have a life to freeup, I was betrayed by this family member. Total disrespect. So to persons out there unless this is your mother, father, step granny, sister, brother or your kids. Leave extended family members to there selves. How they make there bed , they should lie in it. You are not superman or super woman
If these people had a hefty bank account u would see how many family members wanting to look after their own but in the absence they are left on their own
Don’t blame the Boarder, BLAME THE SYSTEM. The social system in DA sucks. :LABOUR MUST GO !
Why include politic in such a sensitive matter like this?
Says the A.H.
we take everything in this place as a big joke what does this situation have to do with bus tour. sick! I understand the plight of the nurses though some may be uncouth and lazy but some work very, very hard. If these people had alot of money land etc to leave behind maybe there would need to be a raffle for a family member to take care of them. Families are to look out for each other. Blessings come from the creator not man so take your loved ones out of the hospital and do what you are supposed to do at least try the infirmary etc if it cannot be done at your homes. What has happened to love and empathy?
Just u know everything belong to skerro so while these persons were lying on the hospital beds they were viewing channel 7 and saw what is happening so decide to make it easier for skerro why not just stay at HOTEL GENTLE REST. SO WHEN THE TIME COMES G R WILL NOT BE IN ANY RACE TO RUN ALL THEY DO IS TO COLLECT.Are they paid yet i was told the skerro bill is sky high.
I was once a pateint on the ward and had difficulty sleeping at nights. The shouting and banging on the partitions from this patient was not very consoling. Also the curse words directed at the nurses…i dont think they deserve it…since they have to bathe, feed and clean these patients up every day, sometimes more than 3 baths a day.
are they patients?
smh what a thing, when people sick, they putting them out, saying no space…and they have people that not sick on the wards forming the royal fool and taking up well needed space..this is unbelievable..our system is back to front!
The authorities must send this boarder to the Grotto. If he is not medically ill he should not ba on the ward
I do understand the nurse’s concern. Once the patient is well enough to be discharged they should not be taking up resources intended to those who need it. Having said that, I totally disagree with the proposed solution of mandating that relatives take them in and care for them. Adults should NOT be held responsible for another adult. Completely ridiculous suggestion.
I understand what you are going through, but one bad banana always spoil the bunch.. i have been to the hospital more than once.. especially the Emergency section and the nurse are unprofessional, awful service and very rude…. I don’t feel for none of you, i have undersee and oversee, first on experience with the nurse in the PMH and its something i have alway blog about..
What does this have to do with the problem of boarders?
Peter pays for Paul . I think u need to speak to skerro the poor hero or jesus so i heard
That’s very sad. I wonder how old they are. The boarders must be feeling very frustrated and disappointed that at their age they are reduced to living in a hospital, nobody willing to take care of them. Can you imagine? What legacy did they create in their lives that no one loves them enough to take them? I wonder.
Regardless, this cannot be the nurses, ward aids and orderlies problem. Wards are not for boarders. Can a special ward be created for them? A convalescent ward, perhaps, a long-term ward? Or a government subsidized nursing home – government could seize their property and sell it to finance their stay. I’m sure their relatives/heirs would surface if that was done.
I hope this problems gets resolved soon.
U are so right they maybe living in these persons home and left them on the civil servant to care . would be please if such persons owed properties the government need to take it so who is related will pop up.
If your uncle was a pain in the B………. what do you want her to say
Adults should never be the responsibility of others. If they had made their bed straight they would sleep on it. I have my niece working at the hospital and they must never attack her for me to know, because there is something called righteous indignation
First, the hospital need ward police. Second, at a work place violence should not be tolerated, I don’t care from whom. Third he was discharged, he is now a trespasser, violating the code of silence, he needs jail time.
The government should have a procedure in place where by when a patient is admitted to the hospital he/she should have a guarantor (someone who signs and is liable for payment and any other responsibility). That person becomes responsible for payments and a lien should be placed against their wages or property if discharged patient is not picked up in a timely manner. There are many ways to skin the cat.
I’m a nurse working abroad and we are facing the same dilemma patients don’t want to leave the hospital,relatives dumping their love ones on the wards and turning their backs or even insulting you at any chance they get. many of the relatives will look at you and tell you straight out its your job.Gone are the days when people would care for the elderly.i fa=firmly believe measures need to implemented to safe the the nurses and to also patients are sent home on discharge. hospital is not a place of resident. these people will eventually be infected with nosacomimal infection. the hospital is for sick people
hmmm why is it that all these people like to wait or rely on the government?i am sure if these men were rich men family members would be fighting over who they get to live with in their “final” days.people take care of yours. your mother father uncle aunty nenen. everybody has somebody.everybody has some family.
on another note:Nurse i feel your pain.my mom was hospitalised not too long ago and one thing i can say the nurses we met were really nice.sorry to say nurse not all nurses that are employed as nurses should be nurses.alot of them have no patience and are sometimes very rough and inconsiderate.anyway,you are very right this type of behavior should not be tolerated from boarders,patients,visitors, no one. i sincerely hope that someone who has the authority will assist in rectifying this situation. i find this situation is something else. someone has been discharged over 2 years ago and is “living” on the ward?this is ridiculous.unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!
Put de names of the relatives in the papers
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
allu dunno how to put them outside u see. if certain sisters were still working they would have the balls to put him on the porch. or even outside on the bench. he is discharged! not ur concern anymore! and furthermore a liability to your real patients.
Govt say health care is free and because dominicans feel entitled to it they do not pay and it is the hospital that suffers. these ppl taking up beds that sick ppl need! PMH doesn’t have hundreds of beds. and ppl don’t want to pay for homes or take care of their family. but that SHOULDN’T be PMH problem. put him outside i say!! without a second thought too!
My Dear Health care worker I do fill your plight, something must be done and must be done now
May God continue to give good health as you seek to give good care to his people.
be strong.
Seems this is a serious problem. Let’s see how long it will take to resolve this problem.
On the other hand some of you nurses are heartless and pass frustration on patients. My uncle was sick/grieving over his illness and had a slight mental problem. A nurse said to my Aunt who came to visit him: “That’s the worst patient I have seen on that ward!!”. How could some nurses be so heartless?
Seems nurses alone that heartless so praises u have 1
I feel for these nurses. perhaps we can send the boarders to the red clinic.
Oh maybe be better yet, he can maybe get a free ride on the UWP bus tour, they have 5000 jobs, maybe they can give some of these folks something to hold on to in the meantime
lmao
You may criticise the 5000 jobs as unworkable but somehow I am getting the impression that this is not your concern. I get the sense that you may not be happy for people to find gainful employment in Dominica and are quite happy for them to line up at the red clinic so your clueless Cabal parading as government can demand that they show gratitude by voting for them.
At W C skerro has u as Yes We Care worker so take your responsiblity none of u are train but all have job. we are prepearing to serve then not on the BUS but somewhere their dignity will be respected and not parade on T V.
Nurse I feel your pain. There is the Home for the Homeless by the cemetery, i would send them there, because if these men had money you would see how many of them (family members) that would come for them.
Skerro i have a proposal for u the home at Morn Daniel maybe closing early next year because of lack of funds and the lack of love and care by the person who is seeing to the day to day business if you love people like u say skerro help with the funds to run it cause the families a willing to pay but still they will close.
Sorry to hear about that. Nurses work too hard to get that kind of treatment in return. I usually think that when the elderly owns no land or assets, relatives are no-where to be found.
When persons are admitted on the ward, there is always a “next-of-kin” on the form. I think that these boarders should be sent back to the care of their next-of-kin who will then make the necessary arrangements with Reach or contact a care-taker for this boarder.
We need to treat our Nurses with respect. They all do a good job at the PMH, and they don’t deserve un-necessary stress from persons who have been discharged.
Some of the nurses is just for the salary and dont care and even feel for ptients
Where is the “yes we care” programme? Get these people out of hospital and allocate the beds to genuine patiens.
Well said. Same thing is happening at the Portsmouth Hospital. There’s a man from Clifton/Cottage area that ‘runs’ the hospital. You should hear the kind of expletives coming from his mouth at 10pm when he is watching tv, within full hearing of the children on the ward next door.
From what I have heard, he even attacks patients.
I agree, something needs to be done about such persons.
Is That For Real
Nurse, although you did not indicate, I guess we can assume you took this concern to all your professional channels – Departmental Sister, Matron, Principal Nursing Officer, Permanent Secretary, Dominica Nurses Association.
If this is the case, maybe working one day with Fed Up t-shirts will get an immediate solution – just a suggestion.
Dear Nurse Your task is a difficult and noble one and every effort should be made to make it as easy as possible. Those who should care do not. There is no political mileage to be made from checking your complaint. In order to get this government to move call ameeting and ask Lennox Linton to come to cover your complaint and then you will see movement from this government at breakneck speed Your problem is what you state–Your silent decorum
I was taking you seriously until you mentioned about legislation or suffer some legal consequence. There should be no legislation in the world that can force any individual to accept responsibility for anyone over the age of 18. These are adults! Did the relative have a hand in what brought them to this state in the first place? So why should they be forced to pick up the pieces? Willingly yes! mandatory no! Darling just do the job that you are paid to do and ask for more security until the problem gets sorted out.
you must really be sponge Bob…Didnt you hear the nurse said that this has been an issue for 2 years and counting…ask for more security for another 2 more years?! Legally if these men have children, they should be responsible for their parents!
All I can see is that there are innocent victims all around… families, care givers, and even the patients themselves. As a growing society these are the social problems that we face and how we deal with these issues will determine how develop as a modern society. There are no easy answers, but the questions posed are real.