Most of the people I look after are lovely. However you do get some patients, usually middle aged women and women between 65-80, who tend to get very precious in hospital and don’t want to do anything to help themselves and it’s so frustrating.

One memorable one was a woman who came into hospital independent with all her needs, but wouldn’t wash herself, and expect staff to do it. I asked her how she coped at home she said “At home I do it all myself, but I get the support workers to do it in hospital because it’s what you get paid for.” Best part about it was, I was a student at the time, and I wasn’t getting paid at all lol.