tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28687827.post4625233503175653370..comments2023-08-24T09:05:13.818+01:00Comments on Fileygardener: Don't blame me for the state of the NHS and Social Care..Margaret Mary Rowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468989976417886843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28687827.post-88295631093970899402015-04-14T21:04:08.414+01:002015-04-14T21:04:08.414+01:00Thanks Ray! I know I am ageing as I so look forwar...Thanks Ray! I know I am ageing as I so look forward to the chiropodists visit !Margaret Mary Rowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468989976417886843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28687827.post-56440004199750301472015-04-10T07:15:18.794+01:002015-04-10T07:15:18.794+01:00Oh how I agree Margaret. As you so rightly say it...Oh how I agree Margaret. As you so rightly say it does seem that apart from the would-be Prime Ministers, no-one even mentions the army of older people who may need full time care very soon.<br />Even those who use it as an election prod have given it mere lip service and no long term thought.<br />No-one wants to be in the hands of strangers in their later years, but we are not in a position to choose, Some of us will, some won't.<br />Old-age care should, must, be made as routine a part of the economy as education. It is at both ends of our lives that we are most vulnerable and least able to fend for ourselves.<br />Despite the glib repetition of the phrase "an ageing population" it seems not one of our 'esteemed' leaders has realised that it means them too.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com