Author Archives: john graham

Cloud Surfing – Scotland

Posted on August 4, 2018 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – North Carolina

Posted on July 29, 2018 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Floodgates of Death

Posted on July 22, 2018 by john graham

This post follows from my previous two blogs “National Death Service” and “Polly Toynbee certainty”. It is just a matter of time now before they open the Floodgates of Death.    Legitimise assisted suicide and inadvertently condemn a generation to … Continue reading →

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Polly Toynbee’s Death Bed

Posted on July 15, 2018 by john graham

This post follows on from my blog last week about the “National Death Service”. I wasn’t the only one to take note of the Jones report on early deaths at Gosport Hospital.    Just days after its publication, Polly Toynbee, … Continue reading →

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National DEATH Service ?

Posted on July 8, 2018 by john graham

Is this the new name for the National Health Service ? After the recent report on the many premature deaths at Gosport Hospital, you might well think so, at least as far as older people are concerned ! I am … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – Grand Canyon Adventure

Posted on July 1, 2018 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – Resurrection Pass, Alaska

Posted on June 24, 2018 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Cloud surfing – The Cape of Good Hope

Posted on June 17, 2018 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Care Home Time Bomb!

Posted on June 10, 2018 by john graham

The title of this blog is taken from the front page headlines of the Daily Express on Tuesday 5th June 2018.   It’s a report from an investigation carried out by the GMB Union which investigated the level of arrears of … Continue reading →

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Treat older people like rubbish

Posted on June 3, 2018 by john graham

My post last week talked about the Daily Mail’s latest campaign to get people to clean up plastic rubbish.   Now my local council in Daventry has just introduced a new system for rubbish collection designed to recycle just about everything … Continue reading →

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