A culture of relying on continence pads means dementia patients are denied the basic dignity of care.
Tameside has not resolved Heather's concerns but officials have offered to meet her.
She found patients who were not helped to go to the toilet and instead left to wet and soil themselves. "There was no way that my mum would soil herself," Janine says. "She knew what she was doing. She would make a fuss she wanted to go to the toilet - and if you don't respond in time, she's going to get distressed and she's going to shout for someone to come."Bessie should have been referred to the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust's continence team but never was.
Janine says: "They sat her on it. The lounge curtains were still open, a big full picture window. I can't explain how I felt. "We do know that a lot of people living with dementia who go into hospital continent, leave the hospital with incontinence," she says. "So just wearing a pads and those practices surrounding it can mean that people start to lose their continence.
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