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Those of you that know me, know that 9 months ago I took a 6 month contract (yes you read that right) working as the Specialist Dementia Nurse in a local(ish) hospital.
The role was completely new and aimed at improving both care standards and recognition, early diagnosis and training of staff in how to work with people with Dementia.
Anyhow, My contract ends at the end of June and I've been successful in having the service rolled out across the trust and employing 2 specialist nurse's 7 days a week. I won't be taking one of the post's on full time as my brief to set the service up is done. So I don't know what awaits me now, back to working in A&E or somewhere else, who knows.
But anyhow, Ive really enjoyed getting back in to the work I love and offering teaching sessions to Consultants and Dr's on straight forward needs and diagnostic criteria for those that just never really understand the needs of those with dementia on an acute hospital ward.
Ive loved listening to the stories ive been told, including a guy telling me how he came to the UK aged 14 in 1938 from Austria Hungry with his two brothers aged 4 and 3 under his arms. Packed off by his parents (he was jewish) and never to see them again as they perished in the death camps. Smuggled across to the UK where when he arrived no body wanted him or his brothers so he ended up in a camp here in the UK looking after his brothers. Both were then taken in leaving him to actually join the UK armed forces and take part in the D-day landings and survive more horrors.
He never again saw his brothers untill he was 50 years old and they tracked him down.
It got me thinking as it often does, how lucky we are really in life. But any how, the purpose of this post and the reason why it is in hobbies is about an initiative by the Alzheimer's society that some of you may not be aware of and may infact like more information on. The initiative is called as the post heading suggests, Dementia Friends. This is aimed at people like you, yes you reading this, that can simply become a" Dementia friend" and befriend someone with dementia. Please click the link to find out more and get an understanding of whats involved.
Hope some of you might join the journey, Im sure that some of you may have loads of time on your hands
Thanks for listening. :thumb:
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/Home/About
The role was completely new and aimed at improving both care standards and recognition, early diagnosis and training of staff in how to work with people with Dementia.
Anyhow, My contract ends at the end of June and I've been successful in having the service rolled out across the trust and employing 2 specialist nurse's 7 days a week. I won't be taking one of the post's on full time as my brief to set the service up is done. So I don't know what awaits me now, back to working in A&E or somewhere else, who knows.
But anyhow, Ive really enjoyed getting back in to the work I love and offering teaching sessions to Consultants and Dr's on straight forward needs and diagnostic criteria for those that just never really understand the needs of those with dementia on an acute hospital ward.
Ive loved listening to the stories ive been told, including a guy telling me how he came to the UK aged 14 in 1938 from Austria Hungry with his two brothers aged 4 and 3 under his arms. Packed off by his parents (he was jewish) and never to see them again as they perished in the death camps. Smuggled across to the UK where when he arrived no body wanted him or his brothers so he ended up in a camp here in the UK looking after his brothers. Both were then taken in leaving him to actually join the UK armed forces and take part in the D-day landings and survive more horrors.
He never again saw his brothers untill he was 50 years old and they tracked him down.
It got me thinking as it often does, how lucky we are really in life. But any how, the purpose of this post and the reason why it is in hobbies is about an initiative by the Alzheimer's society that some of you may not be aware of and may infact like more information on. The initiative is called as the post heading suggests, Dementia Friends. This is aimed at people like you, yes you reading this, that can simply become a" Dementia friend" and befriend someone with dementia. Please click the link to find out more and get an understanding of whats involved.
Hope some of you might join the journey, Im sure that some of you may have loads of time on your hands
Thanks for listening. :thumb:
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/Home/About