I like this particular care home as the staff do seem to care and know their residents well.

I,ve noticed more nursing/care homes taking on staff from Poland, Romania etc. and most are good english speakers but having mastery of a second language does not mean that they will have a mastery of common sense.

I held it together until I got outside and then laughed my socks off and told my crewmate who struggled to keep the vehicle on the correct side of the road all the way to the hospital. All I could hear was the sound of sniggering and chortling from the cab.

There should be a special diagnosis for healthcare providers entitled “Speechless through dumbfoundedness”. It would encompass a brief period of eye rolling and oral movements with no sound; be followed by the ability only to use fractured and incomplete words before a torrential outpouring of verbosity and including a selection of expletives and the phrases “Honest to God” and “You would think…” Recovery will normally be possible but post traumatic relapses are likely to occur on nightshift and on staff nights out when the sufferer will feel the need to relive the whole experience to an appreciative audience of similarly affected individuals who have their own tales to tell.

Or is this just the outings I go on…..

Lucy

And the nursing staff saved her sputum for you? How thoughtful of them. Way better than some nursing homes where the staff couldn’t care less if granny kicked the bucket or not.