by Verite | Jan 24, 2018 | Tips & Tricks
No sooner did I post an article about Loneliness, than there was a ring on the doorbell Recently, our Local Community Champions Officer, Linda, has been visiting elderly people in Kensington and Chelsea, handing out a very welcoming pack for older residents. Inside...
by Verite | Dec 15, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
Useful Question at Britain Against Cancer As soon as you finish hospital treatment, you want to get away for a break. But even if it is only for a weekend, the cost of medical insurance can be astronomical, and the EHIC card doesn’t cover repatriation, etc. So I...
by Verite | Nov 21, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
Patients, especially the elderly, can find themselves isolated and alone after treatment. Often there are money worries too, but a no-cost (to the patient) mobile phone can help keep people in touch, and a newish scheme set up by a cancer patient is designed to help....
by Verite | Mar 17, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
Americans seem to look after their elderly better than we do I can’t imagine an American ‘senior’ putting up with the second class care that the NHS sometimes doles out. Those of us with elderly relatives get into a routine, knowing each time we get...
by Verite | Aug 19, 2016 | Tips & Tricks
No need to clump around! I was expecting a lecture from my Consultant about my shoes – but peeping out from under her desk were the same shoes as I was wearing, made by Ferragamo Passionate about shoes,at the age of eleven Salvatore Ferragamo was apprenticed...
by Verite | Nov 19, 2015 | Tips & Tricks
They should know better – Rude and Personal Comments from doctors and nurses unacceptable Everywhere you go in hospitals, notices announce that staff will treat patients with “Dignity”. Yet a Macmillan online posting had numerous comments about a...
