{"id":711,"date":"2018-08-23T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/?p=711"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:53:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:53:26","slug":"dcr-helps-provide-84-year-old-with-shower-equipment-to-maintain-his-safety-and-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/2018\/08\/23\/dcr-helps-provide-84-year-old-with-shower-equipment-to-maintain-his-safety-and-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"84 year old gentleman showered with help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Borough of Poole spokesman told us the following instance where the Dorset Care Record provided to be useful:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An 84 year old gentleman contacted us saying that he felt that he was struggling to stand in the shower and would become dizzy when under the water. \u00a0He requested help with a seat to improve his safety and allow him to continue enjoying showering thoroughly. \u00a0In order to do this, I had to match his needs and situation to our eligibility criteria. \u00a0I spent some time going through some questions with him but couldn&#8217;t find any way to meet our criteria from the answers I received. \u00a0However, whilst on the phone to him I requested to access his Dorset Care Record; to which he agreed. \u00a0Upon looking at the current medications, I could see an item which meant he was eligible for our assistance showering. \u00a0I am therefore able to look at prescribing some equipment to maintain his independence and safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Borough of Poole spokesman told us the following instance where the Dorset Care Record provided to be useful:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1856,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/files\/2018\/08\/shower-1027904_1920.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1856"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}