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(3) Patients on injections who are allowed to go to work and leave very early
in the morning.
(4) Chronically disabled people of any age, e.g. multiple sclerosis cases.
(5) Patients with early hospital appointments unable to get themselves ready.
(6) Patients attending rehabilitation or day centres.
(7) Diabetics who go to work and are unable to give their own injections.
This service has filled a gap which existed after the day staff have gone off
duty. The aim is that it can help:-
(a) Relatives who are willing to nurse terminal patients at home. It is often at
night that the burden becomes almost insupportable and the nurse's visit
can help a great deal.
(b) Disabled people who are got up by the day staff and being put to bed by
the night staff enables them to stay up longer, often a great advantage to
the patient. It can also relieve the family of some of the responsibility
and this makes life more tolerable for the patient.
(c) Patients attending day centres are nearly always elderly, and always disabled
in some respect. They require help in dressing and this saves the day
staff having to make an early start.
Most of the patients attended by the night service are already cared for by the
day nurse, thus continuity has been provided by the service. It was considered that
the need is greatest during the week and thus a five day service was organized - the
day staff taking over at weekend on a rota system to cover the pain killing injections
and other very urgent cases.
This extended duty has been found of great value to the patients and relatives
the staff have appreciated it and the general practitioners too have found it of great
benefit for their patients.
From the commencement of the scheme in June to the end of the year, 53
patients received 1,826 visits which included:-
964 general nursing care 571 injections given 291 dressings, etc.
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