England has an estimated 165,000 vacancies in the adult care sector, with 10.9% of social care jobs unfilled, according to data from Skills for Care.
She says:"There was a rotation of different ones coming in. I would end up just showing them what to do because I couldn't leave somebody and just say 'he's all yours' so it's broken down.Dorothy makes Melvin's meals; prepares and gives him his medication; supports him as he walks slowly with a frame and washes him and assists him in the bathroom.She says:"Looking from the outside people think 'oh they're managing. They're doing very well.
Wendy and her family tried to look after her 97-year-old father-in-law Arthur as best they could. But eventually, they couldn't cope. She says Arthur was sent home from hospital with a catheter that neither he nor she knew how to empty. Wendy recalls a conversation she says she had with hospital staff during one of Arthur's periods in hospital."They said 'he's not really been conscious and not been able to talk to anybody' and I went in one day and the doctor said they were getting him ready for discharge.
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