Can a hospital bed go upstairs?

That can usually be dealt with fairly easily (especially in a modern house) by making the bedroom a 30 min protected area.

Though many nursing homes make a loss if not enough patients. Can be well over half full simply to break even. And if they can't retain enough staff, and have to get agency workers in, even more expense.

Martin <

I'm afraid that I have formed the opinion that some owners of "private nursing homes" should be got out into their gardens and boiled in their own fat.

Then I suggest you ask them why. The chances are that it relates to a risk assessement that deems it presents a risk to either patient or carers and, if so, they are not likely to budge.

Colin Bignell

disabled children with hospital beds upstairs. Admittedly we are looking at having a downstairs room for him, but that is due to safety issues in caring him upstairs - if your nan can manage the stairs safely (or alternatively a stairlift) I see no reason for her not to have her hospital bed upstairs. His OT has no problem with him being upstairs. SS are trying it on to avoid paying for care IMO.

HTH Dom

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You're missing a very critical piece of information that I thought you might have guessed. Weight?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Don" saying something like:

Well, hello Mrs T.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Martin Davies" saying something like:

My heart bleeds for them. Granted, rising costs do take a toll, but the money they charge goes up also.

Agency workers? Sheer bloody luxury. I've known a few geriatric care staff who simply had to fill in and do the jobs of two or even three because the owner was a greedy bastard.

One particular owner I know off ( a truly wonderful human being) was running around in a brand new Porker, owned a heating company, was technically bankrupt and weaselled his way out of paying alimony to his ex-wife, never mind maintenance for his kids. His wife was turning the place upside down looking for the real books so she could dob him in to the taxman.

One Xmas, he trousered the residents' Xmas bonus. I ask you, what kind of s*****ad does that?

He was an uncommonly greedy swine, I admit, but many others are not so far short of him.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris Bacon saying something like:

Much better to use them for Biodiesel. Their worthless existence may have had some use then.

Building Regulations (Approved Docs A and M for example) -

Avoidable manual handling (employer's duty wherever care/nursing staff work):

Best to ask SS for clarification in any event, let them point you to which regulations do apply in your case.

Nothing is set in stone however; if you are determined enough then 'independent living' is possible and can attract assistance for suitable modifications/equipment/care.

HTH

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Not in the UK they don't!

Basements, cellars, whatever you want to call them. Many do. And many don't.

More common I've found in older houses than more modern ones, and not exactly the best thing to have in areas with flood risks. But still plenty of houses with them.

Martin <

Not to mention his American mis-numbering of floors, which muddied things still further..

Did they sell him/her an Age Concern funeral plan before it happened?

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Fewer than one in twenty, I'd guess. Perhaps someone out there has the stats.

Humans are pretty heavy. And not all nursing staff are weightlifters in their spare time.

Martin <

Nope. There is a maximum deflection and an instantaneous failure point. Wooden joists are invariably sized by deflection (when they reach maximum allowed deflection they could bend much, much more before they actually snap), whilst metal joists will usually fail entirely before deflection is apparent. Flitch beams can be optimised so that the two points are much closer.

Christian.

Ground floor is the ground floor. The first floor above that is the first floor. The next is the second floor.

We have two buildings like that where I work. Not only that, but all the rooms are identified by compass point (N, NE, NW, etc.) and number. And the buildings are asymmetric. But mirror images.

A bit like my local hospital (Royal Berks). The main floor is labelled '2' and is variously the ground floor, or one or two above it. Not helped by the lifts sometimes having numbers for the floors and sometimes having letters for no fathomable reason.

Christian.