I agree. But of course if you start arguing that philosophically medicine should concentrate on decreasing suffering instead of increasing life span, we might as well chuck the planet into a black ho… (View Post)

It only really works because the family all live in the same area and Mrs Flatlander being self-employed can juggle things around. The modern reality is that this is quite unusual and I wouldn't crit… (View Post)

Every case is different. Our 90 year old patient usually stays in bed once put there. The bed can be lowered to the floor which prevents any accidents. Though when put in formal care to give everyone… (View Post)

Mrs Flatlander's mum has dementia but is being cared for at home through a big effort by the family, because (evidenced by a couple of episodes in respite care) she gets better looked after that way.… (View Post)

In my day the students who knew what they were doing were allowed to brew up all kinds of things in the back of the chemistry lab at school. The usual amusement was NI3 which was mostly used to eat s… (View Post)