Save the elderly ladies from the Pentland ward at the REH
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Linsay Powell
10 years ago
Please don't close the ward. There should be more single sex wards for dementia patients!
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Carol
11 years ago
Save the pentland ward. That my mother is In only dementia ladies ward And they want to move the 15 ladies to a mixed ward please keep signing the Petition
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Ronald kerr
11 years ago
Leave be as it's a form of cruelty moving them poor ladies
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Adele brooks
11 years ago
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an absolute disgrace, i work in a care of the elderly ward and continuity of care and environment are essential in the well being of my patients. However, in the last 10 months our patients also have had 2 moves due to hospital/ward closures. Cmon NHS up your game, its a disgrace, makes you fear the prospect of growing old and infirm!
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Carole Wallace
11 years ago
Hopefully we can work together to save this ward
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Esther McGroarty
11 years ago
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So easy to make decisions based on cost (which this unfoubtedly is) but would those in power take the same decision if their family was being affected....I THINK NOT
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Donna Johnston
11 years ago
I think it is not only unfair but totally outrageous that these elderly, frail ladies, some who are bed ridden are being forced out of a ward which is familiar to them and where they are settled, to allow the NHS to move the men from Myreside ward in. These men are ambulent and can go outside and walk in the fresh air, around the grounds. Some of the elderly ladies in Pentland ward do not have that luxury, they do however have a beautiful view from their windows, where they can look out at the gardens, watch the variety of wildlife and nature, which they would lose if they are moved. Please pass this on and help to get as many signatures as possible to save this ward for the ladies.
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wullie young
11 years ago
Hope for the best
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Yvonne Lawson
11 years ago
Please reconsider this decision, change will not help these ladies condition. I understand the quality of care is excellent. Do not let them close more NHS facilities.
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Maria's Rojas
11 years ago
I hope everything be ok
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Su Mair
11 years ago
It's hard enough for them without this massive proposed change in their lifestyle. Seriously...think again!
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Christopher Hoyle
11 years ago
NHS taking advantage of vulnerable people again.
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lesley healy
11 years ago
How many of these ladies would survive the move?
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Lorraine Noble
11 years ago
THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE MUST COME FIRST
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Diane Mitchell
11 years ago
We have to do something about this.
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Pip edwards
11 years ago
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Having had a mum with Alzheimer's I know that moving the elderly ladies will be very unsettling for them. Also, to mix the ladies with the opposite sex is not a good idea as sometimes, with Alzheimer's, inhibitions disappear and this could be a rescipe for disaster.
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Jane Trinder
11 years ago
Mixed wards are shameful and not fit for purpose! Everybody deserves dignity.
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June Oakes
11 years ago
Keep the ladies in the home they know and with the faces they recognize.
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Mrs Maureen Connelly
11 years ago
Please leave these ladies together please don't split them up.
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Kathleen Albert
11 years ago
The most important fact known about this terrible disease is that these patients need continuity and not changes which frighten and upset them
Please don't close the ward. There should be more single sex wards for dementia patients!
Save the pentland ward. That my mother is In only dementia ladies ward And they want to move the 15 ladies to a mixed ward please keep signing the Petition
Leave be as it's a form of cruelty moving them poor ladies
an absolute disgrace, i work in a care of the elderly ward and continuity of care and environment are essential in the well being of my patients. However, in the last 10 months our patients also have had 2 moves due to hospital/ward closures. Cmon NHS up your game, its a disgrace, makes you fear the prospect of growing old and infirm!
Hopefully we can work together to save this ward
So easy to make decisions based on cost (which this unfoubtedly is) but would those in power take the same decision if their family was being affected....I THINK NOT
I think it is not only unfair but totally outrageous that these elderly, frail ladies, some who are bed ridden are being forced out of a ward which is familiar to them and where they are settled, to allow the NHS to move the men from Myreside ward in. These men are ambulent and can go outside and walk in the fresh air, around the grounds. Some of the elderly ladies in Pentland ward do not have that luxury, they do however have a beautiful view from their windows, where they can look out at the gardens, watch the variety of wildlife and nature, which they would lose if they are moved. Please pass this on and help to get as many signatures as possible to save this ward for the ladies.
Hope for the best
Please reconsider this decision, change will not help these ladies condition. I understand the quality of care is excellent. Do not let them close more NHS facilities.
I hope everything be ok
It's hard enough for them without this massive proposed change in their lifestyle. Seriously...think again!
NHS taking advantage of vulnerable people again.
How many of these ladies would survive the move?
THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE MUST COME FIRST
We have to do something about this.
Having had a mum with Alzheimer's I know that moving the elderly ladies will be very unsettling for them. Also, to mix the ladies with the opposite sex is not a good idea as sometimes, with Alzheimer's, inhibitions disappear and this could be a rescipe for disaster.
Mixed wards are shameful and not fit for purpose! Everybody deserves dignity.
Keep the ladies in the home they know and with the faces they recognize.
Please leave these ladies together please don't split them up.
The most important fact known about this terrible disease is that these patients need continuity and not changes which frighten and upset them