Comments on: Growing older, growing smarter? ACT Listening Tour – 5 February 2008 http://hreocblog.com/2008/02/08/growing-older-growing-smarter-act-listening-tour-%e2%80%93-5-february-2008/ blog.humanrights.gov.au Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Marita http://hreocblog.com/2008/02/08/growing-older-growing-smarter-act-listening-tour-%e2%80%93-5-february-2008/#comment-365 Marita Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:28:25 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/02/08/growing-older-growing-smarter-act-listening-tour-%e2%80%93-5-february-2008/#comment-365 Seats are important. Even more important are toilets. Lack of toilets at wayside stops and on walking trails cause problems for all ages, but particularly the very young and the very old. It also results in unhealthy litter and degraded environment, when people who can't wait just "go behind a bush." Seats are important. Even more important are toilets.
Lack of toilets at wayside stops and on walking trails cause problems for all ages, but particularly the very young and the very old. It also results in unhealthy litter and degraded environment, when people who can’t wait just “go behind a bush.”

]]> By: Maria http://hreocblog.com/2008/02/08/growing-older-growing-smarter-act-listening-tour-%e2%80%93-5-february-2008/#comment-284 Maria Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:23:46 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/02/08/growing-older-growing-smarter-act-listening-tour-%e2%80%93-5-february-2008/#comment-284 I would like to see improved house/unit design. I work as an occupational therapist , in a hospital and assisting my pateints to return home can be difficult because eg they live in blocks of units / house with too many stairs, pokey small bathrooms, shower over bath , [a shower stool cannot be used , and bathboards do not always fit securely -narrow corridors , just a few examples. Improved design maintains people of all ages and disabilty at home for longer... Also some nursing homes/ hostels are built with a nice appearance in mind rather than function- people require good care more than anything else, so providing adequate numbers of staff and paying them at a decent level will help to solve some of the staffing problems. Eventually I had to resign from my nursing home , as have many good RNS. The pay difference and work loads too much of a difference, when compared to hospital experience. So much more I could comment. I will write more later Thanks Maria I would like to see improved house/unit design. I work as an occupational therapist , in a hospital and assisting my pateints to return home can be difficult because eg they live in blocks of units / house with too many stairs, pokey small bathrooms, shower over bath , [a shower stool cannot be used , and bathboards do not always fit securely -narrow corridors , just a few examples. Improved design maintains people of all ages and disabilty at home for longer…

Also some nursing homes/ hostels are built with a nice appearance in mind rather than function- people require good care more than anything else, so providing adequate numbers of staff and paying them at a decent level will help to solve some of the staffing problems.

Eventually I had to resign from my nursing home , as have many good RNS. The pay difference and work loads too much of a difference, when compared to hospital experience. So much more I could comment. I will write more later

Thanks Maria

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