Kate Atkinson Quote

The triumph of the human spirit, the new nursing sister said, new enough to talk about positive outcomes and enhancement programmes—emollient management-speak, meaningless to most of the residents of Poplar Hill, who were either dying or demented or both. It was called a care home but there was precious little of either to be had when you were run by a profit-based health-care provider employing minimum-wage staff.

Kate Atkinson

The triumph of the human spirit, the new nursing sister said, new enough to talk about positive outcomes and enhancement programmes—emollient management-speak, meaningless to most of the residents of Poplar Hill, who were either dying or demented or both. It was called a care home but there was precious little of either to be had when you were run by a profit-based health-care provider employing minimum-wage staff.

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