Nursing Care and Elderly Support

So what's it like for a nurse to be in a place

of care and nursing like this? Do you look around and think, "Oh,

I could do that

better," or-

Sometimes.

Ah, ah, ah. Sometimes.

From what attracted you-

I can't honestly say. I just love the elderly,

and I'm getting to be elderly

myself now. But, um, I just love

their history, you know, the lives they've led, the careers they've

had,

and their vulnerability as they get older.

You were a priest of the Clifton Diocese?

Yes. Uh-

How long have you been a priest?

Oh, gosh.

If I said 58 years, five-eight years.

I've spent most of my life in, uh, in the Bristol area.

And I'll be 98 in three weeks time.

Well, you look very good.

Thank you.

We had a lady dying last Friday, uh, Thursday, Friday,

and she was never left on her own. She was absolutely...

The staff were fantastic.

Sitting, taking it in turns. The sisters took it in turns.

I took it in turn.

And it's just lovely because they're accompanied right to the very end.

The rest of the world doesn't quite value older people-

It's true

... in their, their later stages. So is this a place that feels that you're

very much valued all the way-

Oh, yes

... all the way through?

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Personally, what I

fear or I don't want is somebody to say to me, "Oh,

you've only got six months

to live. How would you like to sort of ha- take a pill now and end it

now, just so that you don't have suffering in

the future?" I'd rather be offered

something that say, "We'll give you, we'll help you with this.

We'll help you to live without pain, without distress, whatever, until

that time

comes so you can die peacefully and naturally."

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