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Improving oral care for people with dementia, particularly whilst in hospital..

My late aunt had to spend a month in hospital for what started as a trivial matter which was overtaken by pneumonia and a heart attack in the hospital. After we finally got her home her teeth were in a very bad condition it appeared that they hadn’t been cleaned for a month. For at least some of that time she was conscious and able to clean her own teeth if given a bowl and toothbrush. She quickly started cleaning them again at home when provided with equipment and prompted. It doesn’t seem...

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Getting around

When I lived in Cardiff Tesco’s had their own shuttle buses but they did follow more or less the standard bus routes. They went into the Tesco car park and they had lots of room for shopping trolleys outside a bit like tour buses.

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Refusal

There are a lot of issues here and the clothing and incontinence streams feed into it. I have recently started using a shampoo bar (for myself) and it does mean I don’t get liquid shampoo running into my eyes so that might be worth trying. I’ve heard people say that their LO doesn’t like showering because the water spray hurts so I wonder if using one of those shower heads that puts air into the water would be a good idea. I didn’t really take on board that water is heavy until I went to visit some historic house somewhere and washed my hands in a very bubby stream of tap water that seemed weightless.

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Staying dry – continence and dementia

We used washable incontinence pants which don’t have the problems of needing lots of storage space.or extra bins to dispose of them. You would need to do a wash every day but it’s not that difficult with a washing machine and they are only really suitable for urinary incontinence. Incontinence services never mention them.

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Dressing: Clothing that promotes autonomy and self-esteem (and that looks good)

Yes it needs to be proper design not just changing the fastenings. We need to also look at fabrics.

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Staying dry – continence and dementia

This is a common problem and often made worse by inflexibility from the statutory services. Lots of family are fighting individual battles so why not have a big co-ordinated battle instead.

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Passing the time of day

It most certainly would. I am finding however that it is incredibly difficult to get voluntary organisations to do more than just about acknowledge each other. Whether they are protecting their budget or their brand they are wary of each other, possibly for good reasons. We had a poorly attended meeting locally run by the Worcester Meeting centres group where everyone agreed that this was needed but the big problem is premises. It’s a big commitment to take on the responsibility for an unused building so preferentially you would need a dementia and disability friendly UNDERUSED building. You an imagine how rare and expensive to hire they are. I would think community hospitals or church halls are the best bet as neither are very likely to go out of business without a lot of notice.

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Dressing: Clothing that promotes autonomy and self-esteem (and that looks good)

Raglan sleeves are hard to find but can leave a lot more room for getting arms in armholes. The modern alternative of a dropped shoulder seam leaves a quite tight opening. Surely attractive functional clothing is something that fashion students could get stuck into. Would there be any mileage in targeting undergraduate fashion design courses, or setting up a competition.

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Margaret Booth

Manchester, United Kingdom

Joined this community on Oct 22, 2019

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