Awful.

[lin1]

I must confess too
I found bonio's yum as a child, our dog werent too happy about it

[Canadian Joanne]

It's quite one thing for a curious person, who is cognitively intact, to try a dog biscuit or something like that. It's quite another thing to fob it off on someone else who is cognitively challenged or unaware of what the item is. That is the sort of 'prank' that seems to be so prevalent these days. I find absolutely nothing funny or amusing about it.

I will add - my vet of nearly 30 years, who just retired, tasted every single pet food he sold. He would not sell anything he hadn't tasted. He said if it didn't taste good, the cats and dogs wouldn't like it! He was a lovely, caring vet but definitely an exception to the rule.

[chucky]

If she'd done that to my dad she'd be wearing a mask to hide her face because i would have shoved it right up her nose. This is not remotely funny whether a dog biscuit is good for you or not, its a DOG biscuit and to me it shows what an evil person she is. Shes not even fit to work with dogs never mind vulnerable old people. She should be named and shamed. My dad was physically abused in his CH by a member of staff and the person responsible was allowed to keep her job. It makes me sick that she still has her job after being found guilty of all charges, i was told it was more malpractice than malice and she would benefit from extra training. I got her one night coming off shift and made it clear what i would do to her if i saw her anywhere near my dad again. She was moved the following day. 20 odd years shes been in care homes, how many others has she abused. Abuse in any form is not acceptable and only someone with a sick mind would do that to a helpless person. I hope she never works again.

[TinaT]

The saddest thing is that this was allowed to happen. It was a party, many people were present. Many people must have witnessed this. We on TP do not know the details of this incident or why the person who gave the biscuit felt that she was able to do this in front of others. What alarm bells do incidents such as this this ring?

Does it indicate a culture within care homes of 'them' and 'they' - a mentality where residents are not referred to as individuals? Whenever I hear anyone using the term' they' to refer to residents and which lumps everone with dementia into a catagory I shudder.

In general that such a thing could have happened shows that the drive to improve 'dignity in care' is not reaching every carer in every care home, nor is it reaching all hospital staff. Now the question is why is it failing and how can this very important programme be made effective?

xxTinaT