The large level of Brian Jones’s job was as a teacher of understanding disability nursing college students
Our friend Brian Jones, who has died aged 59 of pancreatic cancer, will be remembered for his commitment to studying disability nursing and for his unassuming personality.
We met Brian when he worked in Bryn y Neuadd hospital, Llanfairfechan, north Wales, in the 1980s, a time when huge-scale segregation of people with understanding disabilities was ending. At the time he was living in an progressive group house, as a single of a crew of five supporting 3 grownups with particular demands around the clock. He was appreciated as a humble person, who regarded as himself to be equal to the folks he supported.
Brian would urge other people to “deal with people tidy”, and he stuck to this philosophy in all of his professional roles, as a community nurse in Anglesey (1988-92), as a situation management group leader (1992-96) and finally, maybe the apex of his occupation, as a instructor of learning disability nursing college students in Bangor University, exactly where he worked till his retirement. His college students even now recall his inspirational educating, moral constancy and eccentric and humorous approaches.
Born in Rhyl, north Wales, Brian was brought up close to Swansea with his brother, Geoff. He went to school for a time in Wokingham, Berkshire, prior to moving back to Swansea to read through geography. On graduating, he undertook finding out disability nurse training at Bryn y Neuadd. He met his wife, Ellie, when she went to function in day services at the hospital in 1988.
In the late 80s, Brian assisted to train athletes with finding out disabilities for north Wales teams in the early days of the Unique Olympics, when this kind of occasions have been run on a shoestring. He went on to organise weekend strolling and cycling groups. His passion was fell operating he was element of the winning staff in the 3 Peaks yacht race and he took third place in an event staged in the Tasmanian wilderness. He would not mention these successes unless he was asked. In his short retirement, from 2010, he liked practically nothing better than to potter close to Snowdonia.
He is survived by Ellie and their son, Giles, and by Geoff.
Brian Jones obituary
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