2022 - What's made you happy today

After a day and a half of  minor crisis with nextdoor elderly gent  being quite poorly and me ringing 111 a couple of times to get doctors to visit and fretting if he got carted off to hospital what could we do with his very dependent wife, I am so happy he seems to be on the mend and gradually getting  better. I can breathe easy at last and de-stress. Next problem will be getting him to think about a plan B if this happens again.  Its been such a lovely day weather-wise, I feel guilty not to have achieved anything in the garden.

Back-up plans are good, but this isn't an uncommon situation, and there will be options. If paramedics arrive to take someone to hospital and find a dependent person who won't be safe alone/doesn't have alternate carers, they will usually just scoop them up and take them to A&E as well. It's not ideal, but if social services can't get some care/a respite placement sorted right away, the dependent person can be admitted to the hospital (as a place of safety) until the carer is discharged in a fit state to look after them or (more commonly) alternative arrangements are made for the dependent person.

It's not an ideal use of resources, but it does ensure that vulnerable people are kept safe.