Katie Hopkins

[tonyav]

Shes at it again !.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/familyhealth/katie-hopkins-slurs-on-dementia-patients-provoke-anger-from-charities/ar-AAazxB3

[anneasquith]

the more publicity she gets, the more 'outraged' we are....................the more money for ms Hopkins, ignore her.

[ummmm]

NHS hospitals are not the best place for dementia patients. When my nan was in they lost her on several occasions. Being at home is also not ideal, you'd have to completely safeguard the house like a childs nursery school.

[jackthehat]

There needs to be wholesale reform of 'Dementia care'. Secure Residential units ought to be created where the emphasis is on *care* rather than how much can be wrung from family/agencies.
And as the issue is only going to get worse with an aging population, it needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.

[ummmm]

Just to add...my nan wasn't in because of dementia. She was in for a mastectomy and associated problems with that. Extremely hard work.

[RATTER15]

Well said JTH!! I totally agree!

[cassa333]

*** I wrote an epic but lost it...

Ratter15, In what way was my comment not true?

My comment was on my opinion of my life and how I would not want to live with dementia.

My nan had dementia and my mum and her sister looked after her and they both often said she wouldn't have wanted to live like that. They also said that they would not want to live like that either and quite frankly if the only reason you are kept alive is to satisfy some concept of humanity then humanity needs a rethink.

Life at any cost is not humane. It is selfish.

Even hospitals now have a 'do not resuscitate' policy.

[237SJ]

Actually, i don`t agree that dementia patients are blocking NHS beds. I have recently spent several hours every day for 12 days with my mum who had been put on the geriatric ward at the local hospital (she was under a different consultant due to cancer and not was not under the "geriatric" doctors). Anyway, of the other ladies in the ward, only one of them didn`t have dementia. They were all in there due to falls that they had had and the hospital was doing a very good job of sending them on their way to care homes or back to their houses with a care package in place. I listened to many a conversation between the patients and their families about the carehomes they were going to have to go do. Most of them took a lot of persuading but the care was put in place quickly in conjunction with the local council. I certainly wouldn`t say they were bedblocking.

[Ellipsis]

The interview on children's names ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnBPM54mWTg&feature=youtu.be&t=320

[yansee]

Wish people would stop giving this vile attention seeker publicity,the more she shocks the more oxygen she`s given,i pity her children who will one day wonder "what the heck did she say all that for"