Ambridge’s villain in chief finally met his maker, draining a fair bit
of colour from the village. But there’s a bright side: Adil found some
bargain kitchen gear

<https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/02/charlotte-higgins-on-the-archers-adil-rob-helen-alice>,
aka <https://tinyl.io/9rKc>
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for wit. (W. Somerset Maugham)

In message <ukeuln$2a8qa$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 2 Dec 2023 09:50:47,
Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> writes
>Ambridge’s villain in chief finally met his maker, draining a fair
>bit of colour from the village. But there’s a bright side: Adil found
>some bargain kitchen gear
>
><https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/02/charlotte-higgins-
>on-the-archers-adil-rob-helen-alice>, aka <https://tinyl.io/9rKc>

(Thanks for the link, as usual.) I hadn't realised he was in a cheerless
flat; I'd assumed a hospice or hospital of some sort. I suppose he'd
have refused that (and/or behaved so badly they asked him to leave,
though I don't think they do that).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

.... the pleasure of the mind is an amazing thing. My life has been driven by
the satisfaction of curiosity. - Jeremy Paxman (being interviewed by Anne
Widdecombe), Radio Times, 2-8 July 2011.

On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 11:52:22 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote:

>In message <ukeuln$2a8qa$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 2 Dec 2023 09:50:47,
>Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> writes
>>Ambridge’s villain in chief finally met his maker, draining a fair
>>bit of colour from the village. But there’s a bright side: Adil found
>>some bargain kitchen gear
>>
>><https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/02/charlotte-higgins-
>>on-the-archers-adil-rob-helen-alice>, aka <https://tinyl.io/9rKc>
>
>(Thanks for the link, as usual.) I hadn't realised he was in a cheerless
>flat; I'd assumed a hospice or hospital of some sort. I suppose he'd
>have refused that (and/or behaved so badly they asked him to leave,
>though I don't think they do that).

Yes thanks and I too thought the flat not that bad. The article is
wrong though. It is not over for RWP yet. There is a spoiler
predicting more badness for her, maybe the will?

On 02/12/2023 11:52, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> (Thanks for the link, as usual.) I hadn't realised he was in a cheerless
> flat; I'd assumed a hospice or hospital of some sort. I suppose he'd
> have refused that (and/or behaved so badly they asked him to leave,
> though I don't think they do that).

Yes, Miles told Helen that he'd flatly refused to be admitted to either
hospice or hospital - or, presumably, nursing home (which is where all
those people I have known who died of brain tumours have ended their
days). Helen then commented to Rob, in her near-death watch, how bleak
his room was and compared it to her prison cell.

--
Best wishes, Serena
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a
week, sometimes, to make it up. (Mark Twain)

On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 15:33:43 +0000, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>On 02/12/2023 11:52, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> (Thanks for the link, as usual.) I hadn't realised he was in a cheerless
>> flat; I'd assumed a hospice or hospital of some sort. I suppose he'd
>> have refused that (and/or behaved so badly they asked him to leave,
>> though I don't think they do that).
>
>Yes, Miles told Helen that he'd flatly refused to be admitted to either
>hospice or hospital - or, presumably, nursing home (which is where all
>those people I have known who died of brain tumours have ended their
>days). Helen then commented to Rob, in her near-death watch, how bleak
>his room was and compared it to her prison cell.

On JPG's matter of behaving so badly one might be asked to leave, I
wouldn't be so sure. I have no experience, first, second or any other
kind of hand of being asked to leave a hospice but I'm aware of an
-erme- difficult person being moved out of a psychiatric hospital
because they were a)too disruptive and b)not improving while they were
resident there so I would be willing to believe it could happen in a
hospice. They were moved into an old people's home on the same campus
where they continue to receive treatment from the same doctors for
their condition. I feel very sorry about their (am I allowed to say
this?) descent into madness - they used to be intelligent, clever and
talented - but I can't help also feeling sorry for the elderly people
who thought they were going to have a peaceful time before they turned
up their toes.

I'm fairly sure it would be impossible to identify them from what I
have written so far (nobody known to umra anyway AFAIK) but you'll
appreciate why I won't say any more. I just feel more open, these
days, to the possibility that a hospice might evict a patient if it
were in the interest of the quality of life of the other patients.

Nick

Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 15:33:43 +0000, Serena Blanchflower
> <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 02/12/2023 11:52, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> (Thanks for the link, as usual.) I hadn't realised he was in a cheerless
>>> flat; I'd assumed a hospice or hospital of some sort. I suppose he'd
>>> have refused that (and/or behaved so badly they asked him to leave,
>>> though I don't think they do that).
>>
>> Yes, Miles told Helen that he'd flatly refused to be admitted to either
>> hospice or hospital - or, presumably, nursing home (which is where all
>> those people I have known who died of brain tumours have ended their
>> days). Helen then commented to Rob, in her near-death watch, how bleak
>> his room was and compared it to her prison cell.
>
>
> On JPG's matter of behaving so badly one might be asked to leave, I
> wouldn't be so sure. I have no experience, first, second or any other
> kind of hand of being asked to leave a hospice but I'm aware of an
> -erme- difficult person being moved out of a psychiatric hospital
> because they were a)too disruptive and b)not improving while they were
> resident there so I would be willing to believe it could happen in a
> hospice. They were moved into an old people's home on the same campus
> where they continue to receive treatment from the same doctors for
> their condition. I feel very sorry about their (am I allowed to say
> this?) descent into madness - they used to be intelligent, clever and
> talented - but I can't help also feeling sorry for the elderly people
> who thought they were going to have a peaceful time before they turned
> up their toes.
>
> I'm fairly sure it would be impossible to identify them from what I
> have written so far (nobody known to umra anyway AFAIK) but you'll
> appreciate why I won't say any more. I just feel more open, these
> days, to the possibility that a hospice might evict a patient if it
> were in the interest of the quality of life of the other patients.
>
> Nick
>

I have certainly seen and heard of people (with dementia) being moved - but
it’s likely that the person is in somewhere which isn’t registered to care
for the advanced cases. My stepmum was one who had respite care in a home
that only took very mild cases. She deteriorated so fast, they took her in
on e too many. Somehow, my very prim, mild quiet stepmum managed to stop
staff from getting out of the care home. I had to go and get her back to
hers in a taxi! Fortunately she came with me willingly.

One of several times I wished I had been somewhere I couldn’t get back
from!!

Mrs McT