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<blockquote data-quote="navigator" data-source="post: 1345583" data-attributes="member: 206962"><p>My Brother is type 2 for several years, and has a mental capacity problem, Due to various "emergencies" he has been admitted via the A&E process, to the same hospital every time. He is often in for more than 5 days so I have seen a variety of menus and meals served to him. The hospital staff know he is T2 as quite often the diabetic care support team visit him each day!</p><p>A few years ago the menus were printed on coloured paper, to be issued to patients with specific diet needs.</p><p>This changed to plain paper with no diet issues highlighted. My brother cannot read properly or understand the differences so care assistants "helped" him choose. At no time did the diabetics team visit when the menus were issued.</p><p>And now the menu system is digitised. The care assistant stands next to the bed/ patient and reads off the menus asking the patient to choose their lunch and the evening meal and the breakfast. No paper is provided.</p><p>When the meals trolley arrives the food is handed out by the CA, according to the terminal readings for that patient. At no time is the menu and food issued compared with the patient's needs. And yet with the ability of the system to be fined tuned by the care team, there is every opportunity to "control" the menu choices for the "customer" in line with their needs. But then that is not what the system is used for. Silly me thinking that technology is used to help deliver a better service!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="navigator, post: 1345583, member: 206962"] My Brother is type 2 for several years, and has a mental capacity problem, Due to various "emergencies" he has been admitted via the A&E process, to the same hospital every time. He is often in for more than 5 days so I have seen a variety of menus and meals served to him. The hospital staff know he is T2 as quite often the diabetic care support team visit him each day! A few years ago the menus were printed on coloured paper, to be issued to patients with specific diet needs. This changed to plain paper with no diet issues highlighted. My brother cannot read properly or understand the differences so care assistants "helped" him choose. At no time did the diabetics team visit when the menus were issued. And now the menu system is digitised. The care assistant stands next to the bed/ patient and reads off the menus asking the patient to choose their lunch and the evening meal and the breakfast. No paper is provided. When the meals trolley arrives the food is handed out by the CA, according to the terminal readings for that patient. At no time is the menu and food issued compared with the patient's needs. And yet with the ability of the system to be fined tuned by the care team, there is every opportunity to "control" the menu choices for the "customer" in line with their needs. But then that is not what the system is used for. Silly me thinking that technology is used to help deliver a better service!! [/QUOTE]
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