Jonathon tells us about Nigel ...

Nigel was a dream patient said Jonathon - he was good natured and compliant - 

I was eighteen - in a locked ward with fifteen men and a charge nurse who'd been in the army - 

I'd had no training - they just gave me a white coat and a bunch of keys - 

One evening, Nigel went up to the door of the ward, which was locked - he tried and tried to open it, rattling and kicking it - 

The charge nurse shouted, louder and louder - Nigel! - stop that!! - 

There was more and more anger in the air - 

Poor Nigel - you saw his shoulders slump - he crept away - humiliated, like a beaten child - 

All that Nigel wanted was to walk through the door, away from these men with strange faces - 

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Wednesday 10 December 2015

Responding to Challnging Behaviours in Dementia Course

Petersfield Community Centre