The sheep have been returned to the field leading up to Dovecote Lake and this little fellow looked up at me as I walked over to the fence to talk to him. I think he wondered what I was going to do.
I went to visit the old lady in hospital again today and she had been moved to another ward into a side room with the door shut! She was still in bed because they admitted that they had kept her like that as they can't keep their eye on her and she might fall again! I told them that she would lose the use of her legs if she wasn't mobilised but I did feel the staff were listening to me. I helped her with her lunch and she was really pleased to see me. I have promised to go in and see her again on Friday when I've been shopping so that I can get her some more Lucozade. She has her drip back up because she is dehydrated and I suspect that is because nobody is helping her to have a drink.
Fab portrait, and good on you for your devotion to the client. I wonder why they haven't tried one of those clip on monitors, if she tried to move it would alert them. Any chance you can communicate with her MD or the hospital social worker about your concerns?
Isn't it sad & damn well cruel when you see the old left like this --a case of neglect --how good of you to spend time with your lady when at the moment in the hospital care !! So good there are individuals like you to be had !!
As to the sheep's lovely humour portrait --I love the way he seems to laughing at you while still chewig at his lunch !!
The hospitals seem to be in a shocking state at the moment. I think they just don't have enough staff on the wards to maintain the quality of care they would like to maintain. Good on you for helping out. As for the sheep, I think he's saying 'Do you like my ear-rings?'
@beryl@busylady@jenrobcarr@rennes@jo13@anazad511@joanf@chris17 Thanks everyone for your kind words @skstein She is a lady I've been visiting connected with my work and I've been helping her for about a year now with lots of things like very high electricity bills, problems with the electrics in her house, getting her a new cooker and fridge and generally keeping an eye on her. She's 90 bless her and doesn't have anyone else who cares about her. On her 90th birthday I took her a card and some flowers and that was all she got! If I hadn't have done, she wouldn't have had anything. Isn't that sad?
Wow Rosie, your story overshadows that great shot. Reading about that poor old lady with you as her only friend, I am so thankful that my mum (93) absolutely loves where she is staying at her retirement village. I go often to show my photography on their big TV screen of my overseas travels and of my bird pics. They always love the show.... I'm sure that you are making your elderly friend's lot a much happier one now that you visit....thats nice....
@landownunder Thanks Denis. I'm just glad that she is recovering slowly from her ordeal and she has agreed that she needs to be looked after now so I think my next job will be to find her a nice care home
As to the sheep's lovely humour portrait --I love the way he seems to laughing at you while still chewig at his lunch !!
@skstein She is a lady I've been visiting connected with my work and I've been helping her for about a year now with lots of things like very high electricity bills, problems with the electrics in her house, getting her a new cooker and fridge and generally keeping an eye on her. She's 90 bless her and doesn't have anyone else who cares about her. On her 90th birthday I took her a card and some flowers and that was all she got! If I hadn't have done, she wouldn't have had anything. Isn't that sad?
It is so sad when the elderly are ignored or treated as if they are an inconvenience.