Every area in Scotland has to have one of these, by law. They consist of members of the public, facilitated by a council official. They look at new planning applications and see whether they comply with the law which is written in BS8300. They cannot comment on design problems which affect people with dementia such as siting of mirrors and carpet design.

Anyway, I went along and it was fascinating to hear; one Care Home was creating a car park, but had no disabled parking spaces! Not only against law but inappropriate too, I would have thought. The checking of such discrepancies was undertaken by members of the public and I was very impressed with their knowledge and dedication.

Personally, it was too tiring for me as it is only now, 24 hours later, that I can think properly. Also, the legal side seems to be in good hands, the design side is what needs concentrating on by us with dementia and our enablers, such as Go Upstream. This is a national issue, and as such is now beyond me except for doing things very locally.

As an aside, the last two days have really shown me how much I have deteriorated, as the recovery period for such a short meeting has been an eye opener. It does mean that I can only do local meetings and not two days in a row, although I am breaking that rule next week. If only, because on the third day I am seeing the consultant so he can see how I am.

I have not forgotten how to blog.

I am waiting for all the process to go through before I write about the Partnership Board. However, I do tweet about the failings of the Social Care system, especially in Grampian. Councillors, and charities should be telling stories every day of the chaotic care system, using individuals stories, if allowed by person, or creating generic ones so that the taxpayer can see why care needs more money. That is the only way to get more money; to show govt that people want, if necessary, more taxes so as to repair the system.