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[Clive]

6 hours ago, YamaHead said:

Sending up Prayers for Mrs. Clive...             I have done the same Clive.... ya gotta Ride when you can--

BIG changes are going to be necessary when she eventually comes home, so much needs looking into, and doing......I can't ring up these agencies (for obvious reasons ) and they don't do hospital visits........ 

 

[busabeast]

12 hours ago, Clive said:

They had that Pay to View shit in this hospital, it was a total rip off, it only lasted about 2 years.........my wife has her Tablet with Sky Go on it, logs into the hospital Wi Fi and watches tv on that.

It could be a long stay for her in the hospital,  so i hope I can go on the scoot as much as possible......

Thanks Lyn...  

Oh no mate whats happened to her?

Don't enjoy the peace and quiet too much, but when you gotta ride, you gotta ride

[Clive]

12 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Oh no mate whats happened to her?

Don't enjoy the peace and quiet too much, but when you gotta ride, you gotta ride

She has compression fractures in the middle/lower part of her spine, not helped I expect with her suffering from osteoporosis..... apart from a couple of X Ray's and giving her pain meds, that have very little effect, she has not even had a doctor visit her and tell her whats what......peace & quiet!. I have that all the time      

But I will make the most of the ride to the hospital later.....

[busabeast]

1 hour ago, Clive said:

She has compression fractures in the middle/lower part of her spine, not helped I expect with her suffering from osteoporosis..... apart from a couple of X Ray's and giving her pain meds, that have very little effect, she has not even had a doctor visit her and tell her whats what......peace & quiet!. I have that all the time      

But I will make the most of the ride to the hospital later.....

Thats not good, hopefully she will recover quickly mate

[Clive]

3 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Thats not good, hopefully she will recover quickly mate

Have to wait till the doc comes to see her, and see what he says about treatment, or just discharge (fob off) her......

[Saul]

2 hours ago, Clive said:

Have to wait till the doc comes to see her, and see what he says about treatment, or just discharge (fob off) her......

Hold your ground mate, make sure the appropriate care package is put into place before she comes home.  I won't comment on your life but my Brother in law is going through a similar thing with his 94 year old mother.   She is in hospital and the moment and has been back home twice and had to go back in again, just pushing her out to soon because they need the bed.    

[Saul]

Well that was a shock, Shadow has just told me she wants to give up biking.  Wants to get a car and learn to drive.  I told her they are not mutually exclusive.  We shall see, no rush to do anything.   

[busabeast]

1 hour ago, Saul said:

Well that was a shock, Shadow has just told me she wants to give up biking.  Wants to get a car and learn to drive.  I told her they are not mutually exclusive.  We shall see, no rush to do anything.   

Hopefully she won't give up on biking 

[Saul]

25 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Hopefully she won't give up on biking 

I hope so too, perhaps a bit of sun will help change her mind.  

[Vamana Gupta]

55 minutes ago, Saul said:

I hope so too, perhaps a bit of sun will help change her mind.  

Think we all or most started off with motorcycle has are first mode of independence transportation....and its just a normal progression to a better mode....no rain gear and freezing your arse off ...lol..my boys after they got their first cars did stop riding for sometime..then it became a sport or a hobby and eventually started riding again...think your car is about to see a definite increase in millage ...lol. 

[Buckster]

2 hours ago, Saul said:

Well that was a shock, Shadow has just told me she wants to give up biking.  Wants to get a car and learn to drive.  I told her they are not mutually exclusive.  We shall see, no rush to do anything.   

May I suggest one of these.

[Saul]

Just now, Vamana Gupta said:

Think we all or most started off with motorcycle has are first mode of independence transportation....and its just a normal progression to a better mode....no rain gear and freezing your arse off ...lol..my boys after they got their first cars did stop riding for sometime..then it became a sport or a hobby and eventually started riding again...think your car is about to see a definite increase in millage ...lol. 

Thankfully she would never get insurance for my car in the UK.   She will have to get some sort of 1.0 litre car and then it won't be cheap.     I don't blame her, she had a real health scare before Christmas and hasn't got her confidence back yet, hopefully she will.  I will be keeping the bike around until October when she will have to reinsure it if she doesn't we will talk about it then.   

[Clive]

2 hours ago, Saul said:

Hold your ground mate, make sure the appropriate care package is put into place before she comes home.  I won't comment on your life but my Brother in law is going through a similar thing with his 94 year old mother.   She is in hospital and the moment and has been back home twice and had to go back in again, just pushing her out to soon because they need the bed.    

Our bungalow is OAP friendly,  wide doors for wheelchair users, pull cord alarms in every room, and taps that help with poor strength and grip.

As I may have said earlier, there are 6 of these bungalows, 5 out of the 6 have a Wet Room, guess which one does not?, we did apply for one when my wife's knees were bad, but it was refused by the housing association.                             

She cannot lay in in our bed, she can't get in or out of it, so if they discharge her tomorrow it will be back to sleeping on the sofa.

Red Cross says they are coming to see her at home, if! she is at home...........NHS, providing no help........what a shit show.  

[Pedro]

32 minutes ago, Clive said:

Our bungalow is OAP friendly,  wide doors for wheelchair users, pull cord alarms in every room, and taps that help with poor strength and grip.

As I may have said earlier, there are 6 of these bungalows, 5 out of the 6 have a Wet Room, guess which one does not?, we did apply for one when my wife's knees were bad, but it was refused by the housing association.                             

She cannot lay in in our bed, she can't get in or out of it, so if they discharge her tomorrow it will be back to sleeping on the sofa.

Red Cross says they are coming to see her at home, if! she is at home...........NHS, providing no help........what a shit show.  

Sorry to hear about all that, Clive.

[Saul]

33 minutes ago, Clive said:

Our bungalow is OAP friendly,  wide doors for wheelchair users, pull cord alarms in every room, and taps that help with poor strength and grip.

As I may have said earlier, there are 6 of these bungalows, 5 out of the 6 have a Wet Room, guess which one does not?, we did apply for one when my wife's knees were bad, but it was refused by the housing association.                             

She cannot lay in in our bed, she can't get in or out of it, so if they discharge her tomorrow it will be back to sleeping on the sofa.

Red Cross says they are coming to see her at home, if! she is at home...........NHS, providing no help........what a shit show.  

You need to get hold of Adult Social Services Clive which are part of the local authority (council), plus there are other agencies.  PM me your email and I will forward the links to you.    You can challenge the discharge if you feel you don't have safe provision for your wife.  Sounds hard but you would be doing it for the best reasons.    You have to say, no she can't come home until there is a care package in place, you have to say you cannot cope and it is not safe for her or you.  You will have to explain to them that the only place she can sleep is the sofa which is not safe or suitable.  First two weeks of the package is already funded without assessment.  You will probably get it ongoing depending on your benefits and the assessment of Adult Social Services.   Age Concern and Citizens Advice will help.     It's stressful mate but you will get what is needed if you stick to your guns.  Horrible that you have to do so but that is the way of things in England.    If you want to discuss more PM me and I will put you in touch with my Mrs who is sorting out something very similar for her Mum.  

[Saul]

@Clive  you could also ask for her to be put into a Cat 2 ward for respite care (normally in a small local hospital) until there is suitable provision (assessed by Adult Social Services) for her at home.   

[Saul]

@Clive  I have sent some reading material to help you by PM.  

[Clive]

8 minutes ago, Saul said:

@Clive  you could also ask for her to be put into a Cat 2 ward for respite care (normally in a small local hospital) until there is suitable provision (assessed by Adult Social Services) for her at home.   

Everything is centralised at King's Mill hospital,  the others in Mansfield, or close by in the surrounding area were closed down years ago (Forest hospital...Ransom hospital....Harlow Wood to name the few I know)  King's Mill became part or the  Sherwood Hospital trust, which includes Newark hospital.

As to respite care,  I ain't got a clue where someone would go, or even if they had a place for respite cases..

[Nute]

1 hour ago, Clive said:

Our bungalow is OAP friendly,  wide doors for wheelchair users, pull cord alarms in every room, and taps that help with poor strength and grip.

As I may have said earlier, there are 6 of these bungalows, 5 out of the 6 have a Wet Room, guess which one does not?, we did apply for one when my wife's knees were bad, but it was refused by the housing association.                             

She cannot lay in in our bed, she can't get in or out of it, so if they discharge her tomorrow it will be back to sleeping on the sofa.

Red Cross says they are coming to see her at home, if! she is at home...........NHS, providing no help........what a shit show.  

Sorry to hear your wife is having health issues Clive, I hope she recovers OK and life gets as back to normal as it can. 

As above try adult social services and poss occupational health. We had to do it for my mum, they weren't perfect but they did help with various things to help her mobility. We had to buy a bed which can be raised and lowered tho. Some of the stuff is eye wateringly expensive. They were reasonably good with arranging home visits by a nurse to change dressings etc. 

[Saul]

1 minute ago, Clive said:

Everything is centralised at King's Mill hospital,  the others in Mansfield, or close by in the surrounding area were closed down years ago (Forest hospital...Ransom hospital....Harlow Wood to name the few I know)  King's Mill became part or the  Sherwood Hospital trust, which includes Newark hospital.

As to respite care,  I ain't got a clue where someone would go, or even if they had a place for respite cases..

They will have Catu 2 wards somewhere mate, with respect that's for them to sort if you request it.