Liverpool Care Pathway - This Is What They Do

When there are no stars to steer by, all depends upon the lighthouse keeper to guide the ship safe back to shore.

You would think that, in the matter of patient’s property pertaining to communication and recognition such as aids to sight and hearing, greater care would be taken that these items are not lost or mislaid or damaged...

Such items are extensions, enhancements, the accoutrements necessary for the patient’s everyday sensory perception of the world.

Not so.

This is what they do...

In this year, the year of Dave Cameron's Dementia CQUIN, this is Talking Point on the Alzheimer's Society website -

Chris Edgerton

Spectacles and Teeth loss of, by whom?

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Chris Edgerton

 on 21-04-2012 at 10:30 AM (277 Views)

 Originally Posted by Chris Edgerton 

Why on Talking Point do I see loss of spectacles and teeth … it’s the dementia?

In a care home a resident may very well be assisted with morning bathing and dressing. Carer makes sure spectacles are on and teeth in.

Breakfast, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Mid day tea and biscuit, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Lunch time, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Mid afternoon tea and biscuit, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Tea time/evening meal, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Supper time, teeth for eating, spectacles for seeing the food.

Bed time, time to put your night clothes on, assisted by a carer. Teeth put in a safe place, may be soaking overnight in cleaner away from dementia person so they will not drink the cleaning fluid. And, spectacles placed in a safe place. Particularly if it is known dementia person will move them.

Oh, I wonder when the dementia person lost their spectacles, teeth?

Oh not lost, just placed on the care homes mantle piece with another two dementia peoples spectacles. Picture of mantle piecehttp://twitpic.com/39jlcy

It’s not the dementia, it’s the care!

… nice collection of #glasses/#spectacles on #EMIresidential#care
home #mantelpiece …

Yesterday 11:04 AM

Doctor’s medical certificate – Coroners office

Mother after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s over 15 years ago type dementia recently passed away.

Doctor’s medical certificate says Cardio Vascular Accident CVA with Alzheimer’s.

I do not agree with this, and asked coroners office to investigate, however corners office say the will not take any action.

My mothers Cardio Vascular Accident CVA issues started when in residential care, I believe through drugs used. Did ask a doctor on a number of times for a consultants review, but was refused.

But the end was I believe was due to the Liverpool Care Pathway type which I was not consulted on, dehydration and food intake has been an issue, from my observations because of the pour skills in the care staff I believe, i.e. wrong position to swallow, to many cushions and low down in the bed to be able to swallow.

But main question, anybody know what to do if coroners is satisfied that no investigation is required, what /who can I go to next?

Chris Edgerton



Further reading -

Liverpool Care Pathway - The Dementia CQUIN

"Eighty per cent of people living in care homes – more than ever thought before - have either dementia or severe memory problems."

"Often as a result of admission to a care home or hospitalisation dementia can sometimes advance extremely fast."

People with memory problems need signposts and the familiar country of their experience as a touchstone to get their bearings..

- Mail Online



It is easy for the lost to get lost, swamped in an institution where there is no familiar country and they are strangers in a strange land.

And cared for by people who just don't care...

and to whom the job is just a job and not a vocation.

Dave Cameron has put a CQUIN bounty on dementia. The bounty hunters are out in force to hunt them down.