‘These will lessen the side effects from the
pills you’re taking to reduce the side effects
from those pills I prescribed to ease the
side effects of...’
Christmas Day in a care home is often thought to be the saddest shift of the year: a place where staff trudge in reluctantly through the dark and cold, while the rest of the country unwraps presents and gets merry; where residents sit quietly, reminiscing about the happiness of Christmases past. And yet, for those
