Author Archives: john graham

Social Care or Family Care ?

Posted on October 12, 2017 by john graham

At a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference Dr Phillip Lee made the suggestion that we have become a selfish society and are no longer prepared to look after our older relatives.  This was echoed by Care Minister, Jackie … Continue reading →

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Social Care Funding Going Nowhere.

Posted on October 10, 2017 by john graham

A crisis in social has been building up for years and at its heart are two questions :- “Who is going to pay for it?” and “Where is the money going to come from?”. At the start of this decade … Continue reading →

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Community Retirement Villages – Surrounding Neighbourhood

Posted on October 8, 2017 by john graham

A new retirement village with its range of communal facilities is the start of a new community for older people.    Typically comprising around 250 apartments, a village hall, a shop, restaurant,  bar, coffee lounge, library, craft room, computer suite, … Continue reading →

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Bunk Up in NHS Hospitals.

Posted on October 5, 2017 by john graham

The annual winter crisis in the NHS is looming.     Headlines are already beginning to appear in the press and on the news :- “Beds blocked by hoards of older people overstaying  their welcome” “Too few nurses,  too busy … Continue reading →

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Express Care

Posted on October 3, 2017 by john graham

I have written a lot about Care ever since I started this blog and it seems the situation isn’t getting any better.    In fact it is becoming a lot worse. (Two of my earlier blogs are worth reading :- … Continue reading →

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Community Retirement Villages – Later Lifestyle Opportunities

Posted on October 1, 2017 by john graham

The key issue with retirement villages is that they should offer people a range of new opportunities in later life.    So many of the alternative retirement housing models are perceived by older people as a last resort option.   … Continue reading →

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Retrospective on Blogging

Posted on September 28, 2017 by john graham

MY BLOG FOLLOWS MY MIND not always focussed cluttered WITH THE ISSUES OF TODAY AND YESTERDAYS.   IT IS HARDER TO FOCUS on uncertain outcomes ! ” Occasional threads “ GET YOU SOMEWAY TOWARDS IT. But can just be “flights … Continue reading →

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Blogging Milestones

Posted on September 26, 2017 by john graham

This week I hit a milestone in my blogging history.   Thanks to WordPress analytics here are some of the facts and figures :- 700 posts since I started writing the blog in 2010. 14,000 visitors most of whom I will … Continue reading →

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Bullish Coffee

Posted on September 24, 2017 by john graham

I used to think coffee was bad for you.    I don’t know where I got that idea from, but tea was the only hot drink in our house.    Although for my school days it was free milk and … Continue reading →

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Aimlessly Aiming

Posted on September 21, 2017 by john graham

It’s a dryin’ lovely, Michalmas daisy kind of day; A bulb planting, sow the seeds of spring beginning. The old age starting of a new life, a year at a time. My Garden Age.   Less of a young years … Continue reading →

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