It seems to me that interim carers that came in to take care of my wife on her second release from hospital on 23rd Dec 2017, weren't trained dementia carers but just ordinary carers n so during their care of her during her last week they didn't seem to recognise any of the signs that my wife's body was shutting down n saving blood for only the vital organs something that I didn't know at the time either.
None of them commented on the fact that her arms n hands felt cold most of the time, I noticed this change n felt n found it strange n thought something was seriously wrong.
Her body seemed more wracked with pain as they rolled her painfully side to side as they pulled up her incontinence pants after changing her as well.
On the evening that carers noticed n became concerned about her breathing n cough n called the paramedics without my knowing before their arrival on their return to our home that night, it showed in them n also the paramedics they called their lack of training in dealing with n caring for dementia sufferers, and in that the first instinct was to try to save her life by clearing the airways more n conclusion treatment could be better in hospital that could save her life (or prolong it) despite a DNR notice in place n shown to them which was ignored by paramedics
The 'duty of care' that paramedic quoted to me that night before I would agree to letting them take her to hospital seems to me to be like a 'covering their back's in case my wife had got worse n it seemed that they'd not done their job properly by not treating her or taking her to hospital.
Even at hospital the doctors ignored the signs of her body shouting down (and also the DNR notice) in giving her antibiotics to try to fight the what they concluded was a chest infection by classing it as 'treating' her n not recovery.
Surely when caring for or when treating dementia suffers these 'professionals' should need training to recognise n know the difference between when a dementia sufferer is ill or when the body is shutting down n they are in final stage of dying.
Putting my wife unnecessarily through what the paramedics n also doctors at hospital did took away her chance of dying with some dignity n also dying in her own home. During last two months of her life she had seen enough of n spent enough time in hospitals to end up with the indignity of yet again being taken to hospital to save her when she was in fact dying
Don't get me wrong, carers n paramedics do do a good job it's just that they need more training in Recognising signs when taking care of or treating dementia sufferers.
None of them commented on the fact that her arms n hands felt cold most of the time, I noticed this change n felt n found it strange n thought something was seriously wrong.
Her body seemed more wracked with pain as they rolled her painfully side to side as they pulled up her incontinence pants after changing her as well.
On the evening that carers noticed n became concerned about her breathing n cough n called the paramedics without my knowing before their arrival on their return to our home that night, it showed in them n also the paramedics they called their lack of training in dealing with n caring for dementia sufferers, and in that the first instinct was to try to save her life by clearing the airways more n conclusion treatment could be better in hospital that could save her life (or prolong it) despite a DNR notice in place n shown to them which was ignored by paramedics
The 'duty of care' that paramedic quoted to me that night before I would agree to letting them take her to hospital seems to me to be like a 'covering their back's in case my wife had got worse n it seemed that they'd not done their job properly by not treating her or taking her to hospital.
Even at hospital the doctors ignored the signs of her body shouting down (and also the DNR notice) in giving her antibiotics to try to fight the what they concluded was a chest infection by classing it as 'treating' her n not recovery.
Surely when caring for or when treating dementia suffers these 'professionals' should need training to recognise n know the difference between when a dementia sufferer is ill or when the body is shutting down n they are in final stage of dying.
Putting my wife unnecessarily through what the paramedics n also doctors at hospital did took away her chance of dying with some dignity n also dying in her own home. During last two months of her life she had seen enough of n spent enough time in hospitals to end up with the indignity of yet again being taken to hospital to save her when she was in fact dying
Don't get me wrong, carers n paramedics do do a good job it's just that they need more training in Recognising signs when taking care of or treating dementia sufferers.