United Caribbean is focuse on health care for the young and the elderly.
This page remains under construction however to date one Carriacou nursing
home has aready been identified as in need and another has recently been
visited by YWAM and is under assessment.
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Hill Top Residential
home overlooks the beautiful Hillsborough harbour with distant
views of Union Island. |
Run by Mrs Lyvon Phillips a Social Worker who for the last two
years has done a wonderful job as 'nurse in charge' while Hill Top
seeks a Matron.
Located next to the local Roman Catholic church with the future
Matron's residence between the two buildings |
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Here I found 16 aged Kayaks, all clean, smiling and well cared for
a credit to the overworked, underpaid care workers. |
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This residential home is home to one of the greatest Big Drum dancers
known in the history of Carriacou. |
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The old fashion 'Florence Nightingale' ward style sleeping accommodation
reminded me of my training hospital in Farnborough, Kent some 30 years
ago. Except here there was no way to protect privacy and no screens
to maintain dignity. Urgent help is needed here to assist this band
of hard working nurses. |
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The communal lounge area was clean and welcoming, but the furnishings
were well worn and in need of refurbishment. |
| The chairs were damaged and hard and put the residence at risk,
of the 16 only 6 were residential the remaining 10 were nursing home
category. 2 had amputees, 4 were severely demented, 5 incontinent,
the home is in urgent need of incontinent pads, Kylie sheets and over
mattresses. The luxury of a ripple mattress was something they only
dreamed about. Miraculously only 2 residence had pressure sores, which
under the circumstance was a credit to the care staff and the supervision
of the acting Matron. |
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