Cempaka Belanda: "I won't put my dad in a nursing home"

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, February 9, 2012

"I won't put my dad in a nursing home"

RNW, 8 February 2012, by Heleen Sittig

(Photo: ANP)

The Dutch babyboomers are now ‘wrinklies’ and ready to retire. The percentage of old people is growing rapidly and care for the elderly is under pressure. Although the Netherlands is a rich country, sick and frail old people are not getting the care they need from nursing homes.

“I’m not sending my father to a home” writes Job van Amerongen, himself a nurse, in an emotional article in national daily de Volkskrant. For now, his mother is looking after her husband, who suffers from dementia.

Carers and managers

He says the problems in geriatric care touch him deeply: “As a nurse I was trained to believe you should aspire to provide the same kind of care you would give a loved one. But that’s no longer really feasible.”

Old people in care homes just about get food and drink and a shower occasionally, he says, but that’s all.

Van Amerongen, who is a political scientist as well as a nurse, believes the fundamental problem is that most people working in old people’s homes have not been trained as nurses. These carers, nearly all women, are doing work that is physically and psychologically too much for them. They are badly paid, have no opportunities for additional training and hardly ever get any sign of appreciation. The offices of the care institutions they work for, on the other hand, are full of well-paid managers with little understanding of the daily work.

He is calling for better wages for care workers, the pruning of unnecessary managers and more investment in education and training.

Inspiration

Care sector expert Anneke Francke of VU University Amsterdam says not all institutions are that bad. She acknowledges a great deal of Van Amerongen’s criticism, but argues that the situation is not that black and white. Small-scale homes do provide good care, particularly where there is little bureaucracy and there are good staffing levels.

The quality of management makes a big difference, she adds. Inspired and inspiring team leaders and bosses can really set good examples in an institution. Francke has noticed, however, that the quality of care somehow improves as patients near the end of their lives. Suddenly, a lot more can be done for them.

Freedom

How can care for the elderly be so bad in a rich country like the Netherlands? Van Amerongen: “Apparently this is all it’s worth to us. I don’t think it’s good either, that the government has withdrawn from care in recent years and institutions have been given much more freedom about how they spend their money.”

From his point of view, some of those choices have turned out quite disastrous.

Job van Amerongen is prepared to take over from his mother if she is no longer able to look after her husband. He knows how tough that can be, but he won’t be putting his father in a home.

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