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<blockquote data-quote="Daughter of diabetic" data-source="post: 455868" data-attributes="member: 90942"><p>Thanks Jopar - I did not name and shame the hospital - I was replying to a question by Iono further up the thread. It doesn't help that mum is deaf too (most of the family are - including me and we wear hearing aids) </p><p>Another thing that is really bugging me is that we had to ask and nag a bit to get a 'Blue Butterfly placed above mum's bed - this is so that nurses are aware she has Dementia but they won't put a note/sign or picture of anything up to signify she is diabetic. - when we ask we are told it is national policy not to and is against patient confidentiality but every time we are there when the tea trolley comes round they ask mum if she takes sugar - she always says yes (she can barely remember her own name never mind if she takes sugar) if we are there we always point out that she needs sweeteners not sugar but we are not always there when the tea trolley arrives. We have been told that there is a list in the tea making room so 1) how can the tea lady (who vary every day) remember a whole ward of who is diabetic and who isn't and 2) if they have a list why don't they have it with them so they don't have to ask or even refer to it so they don't have to ask and 3) wouldn't it be easier all round to just put a little picture to represent 'diabetic' over the bed so the tea lady wouldn't need to refer to lists or ask or put sugar in diabetics tea which is obviouslyhappening?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daughter of diabetic, post: 455868, member: 90942"] Thanks Jopar - I did not name and shame the hospital - I was replying to a question by Iono further up the thread. It doesn't help that mum is deaf too (most of the family are - including me and we wear hearing aids) Another thing that is really bugging me is that we had to ask and nag a bit to get a 'Blue Butterfly placed above mum's bed - this is so that nurses are aware she has Dementia but they won't put a note/sign or picture of anything up to signify she is diabetic. - when we ask we are told it is national policy not to and is against patient confidentiality but every time we are there when the tea trolley comes round they ask mum if she takes sugar - she always says yes (she can barely remember her own name never mind if she takes sugar) if we are there we always point out that she needs sweeteners not sugar but we are not always there when the tea trolley arrives. We have been told that there is a list in the tea making room so 1) how can the tea lady (who vary every day) remember a whole ward of who is diabetic and who isn't and 2) if they have a list why don't they have it with them so they don't have to ask or even refer to it so they don't have to ask and 3) wouldn't it be easier all round to just put a little picture to represent 'diabetic' over the bed so the tea lady wouldn't need to refer to lists or ask or put sugar in diabetics tea which is obviouslyhappening? [/QUOTE]
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