View from a wheelchair 0 comments
Mary Farmer can usually be found here, writing about nutrition and all things diet-related, but her recent unexpected encounter with a wheelchair prompted her to put pen to paper – [...]
Bed Blocking: hospitals could do better 7 comments
This post, written by a retired doctor and published anonymously for reasons you will understand, describes the chaotic hospital arrangements for discharge, which led to a bed being unnecessarily occupied [...]
Blind Veterans UK: Signposting for Support 3 comments
This guest blog comes from Nicky Shaw, Director of Welfare (West), at Blind Veterans UK, who writes about the life changing support the organisation can provide to those with sight [...]
Managing hypermobility – a musician’s view 7 comments
In this guest blog, professional musician Tomlin Leckie, writes about managing life with hypermobility syndrome, and yes, you can still keep playing Apparently I am unstable… I should probably give [...]
Travel Safely in your Wheelchair? 1 comment
Kieran McMahon, director of Disability Stockport, writes about his concern that wheelchair users are often unable to travel safely in cabs, even though they are designed to be accessible. There [...]
Carers: When the Caring Stops 0 comments
A thoughtful and moving article from Conrad Hodgkinson, about being a carer, and coming to terms with no longer having such a role. ‘Personal Assistant Required. 24 hour a day [...]
Homeshare: Maintaining Independence for Older Householders Comments disabled
With 60 being ‘the new 40’ and care home prices sky rocketing, we need to look at new ways of maintaining independence in older age. 60-plus is certainly not what [...]
Postural Care – Wakefield is a Beacon of Excellence Comments disabled
My name is Sarah Clayton and I am a married mum with four wonderful children. I grew up in a house in which Postural Care and protection of body shape [...]
Why so many bed falls in care homes? Comments disabled
Within the next four weeks someone will be killed as a result of a bed fall. Records indicate that 44,000 patients fell from their nursing beds in 2007 alone – [...]