I took my spouse to Northam Hospital. They were over 70 years of age. Trying to get some people, not all, to help them in their last days at Northam Hospital was, I felt, an uphill battle that I lost. My spouse is gone and I am left with questions.
When did Advance health directive become a first option, not the last as I felt it was? From the minute they saw the Advance Health directive, I believe my spouse wasn't getting all the care and support they needed.
When did it become acceptable to tell a spouse "you want to keep them alive for your selfish reasons?" What selfish reasons?
When did it become acceptable to talk to me in what I felt was a condescending manner? After few minutes of this from a doctor, I said please don't take me for an idiot. I recall their response was "Actually I do". When did it become acceptable to talk like this? Is it my skin colour that makes you talk like that?
When did people of old age become, as I feel it was in my experience, a burden on the health system?
When did it become acceptable to convince me that it is end of life, when to me, clearly it wasn't.
I feel some people at Northam Hospital lost all respect towards old people like me and their families.
When did it become acceptable to have no respect, compassion and empathy towards older people like us, as it seemed to be in my experience.
"Indifference towards older people"
About: Northam Health Service Northam Health Service Northam 6401 Wheatbelt Regional Palliative Care Wheatbelt Regional Palliative Care Northam 6401
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