Apart from toilet paper size, another difficulty is where toilets (whether in a hospital or anywhere) have those annoying roll dispensers that are designed to only distribute one sheet at a time, and you have to over-ride the roller mechanism to get any more out. Whether at home or anywhere, I always collect a massive and comfortably soft wodge of paper, bigger than my hand, before using it. (More information than anyone would ever want to know....) So if public toilet owners think they are saving money by small paper size and single-sheet dispensers, with users like me, they are actually wasting their efforts. My poor old mum was in various hospitals in her last few years, some cleaner and better run than others. In one place, the nurses were very rarely around on the ward, but spent a great deal of time having meetings. One poor old soul was left on a commode for hours and in desperation, after calling out and using the buzzer, she had to call the ward office on her mobile to ask for assistance ! The corridors in this particular hospital were foul. When I visited, I had to negotiate piles of soiled bedlinen and puddles of fluid of an indeterminate but dubious nature. I had my "hospital clothes" that I wore just for the visits and peeled off on the doormat as soon as I had shut my front door when I got home. Something that amazes me, and which you never used to see: Very often, I see nurses still in their uniforms shopping in supermarkets. Two reasons why this is so bad: They are bringing the world into the hospitals, and they are bringing the hospitals into the world - particularly where they are handling food or brushing against food with their clothes. Yuk ! They don't seem to teach hygiene or basic nursing care any more. - jeanie
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