Failing Mental Health Services in the UK is a blog written by an ex-mental health voluntary sector worker who is also a carer for a long term sufferer of mental illness. Links to news articles. Personal experiences and observations.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Announcement that J is coming home
From own Instagram http://instagram.com/p/tRPXjqM6zF/ (text edited) pertaining to a couple of days ago.
Top right: yesterday sitting in reception at the MH unit waiting for patients’ mealtime to end, with gadgets and a bag of clothes. News: J comes home tomorrow(!). She’s sounding really positive and is desperately missing her home and Lucy-cat. I just wish they had planned for more support for her, but it doesn’t look like it. She’s less frantic, but to be honest I think this ward stay was a missed opportunity. (Still pretty angry about lots of things like this and realize that I have to eventually move on and move forward) We might be in the newspaper sometime soon, talking about difficulties in accessing care when in crisis - It didn’t appear in last week’s newspaper, hopefully it’ll be in on Saturday. Anyhow, madly rushing around, tidying up, washing, hoovering, converting J’s place back into her “home” and not to temporary man-cave-pit I create when she’s away. ;) She calls me the “Filth Wizard” which is fair enough (her OCD aside, I do tend create nests and piles of possessions, and leave washing-up until the last possible minute etc.) ;) Anyhow, busy but positive. Eating a lot of bananas. #penpal #mentalhealth #dungeonsanddragons #cat
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