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The Last of the (New) ASWs…
I finished my portfolio for my ASW course yesterday. It’s the last time the ASW course will run because the next lot in the autumn will be doing the AMHP training. And it got me thinking a little bit… Naturally we spoke a little about the...
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30 Apr 2008 4:46 PM
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Money matters
New technology is a wonderful thing. Most of the time. Chip and pin? A fantastic way to improve security for bank cards and accounts. Giros always went missing anyway, much better the ‘direct payment’ with benefits going straight into bank...
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29 Apr 2008 10:24 PM
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Who is watching?
I see that the Alzheimer’s Society having published a book called ‘Enabling’ which provides models for observation in residential care facilities in order to improve care, as there was an article about it in Care and Health. I think...
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29 Apr 2008 6:16 AM
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Care or Control?
I spotted this story on the BBC today which reported that anti-psychotic drugs are being used, perhaps too much, perhaps inappropriately, in residential and nursing care homes for residents with dementia. This is an area that is fairly close to my heart...
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28 Apr 2008 4:18 PM
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Angels and Demons
I went to a friend’s birthday party and as a part of the general conversation, was discussing the differences of perceptions in the eyes of the general public at least, between nurses and social workers. You can probably guess which are the angels...
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28 Apr 2008 12:45 PM
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Who pays for care?
Paying for long term care might not be the sexiest issue to be raised in political circles but, probably because it’s something that I deal with on a daily basis at work, it is nonetheless a key one. I think it’s easy for politicians to say...
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26 Apr 2008 1:57 PM
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Tragedy and Responsibility
This tragic story about a man with learning disabilities and his mother who were both found dead left me with a couple of thoughts. Obviously it is an enormous tragedy and apart from speculation there are few facts available. My thought though was on...
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25 Apr 2008 7:17 AM
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The curse is better than the cure
One of the things that was emphasised strongly on the course, is that someone should never be sectioned because they ‘refused to take medication’. That just isn’t a reason. It seemed to be almost natural to comment on that in the assessment...
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22 Apr 2008 9:31 PM
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Asylum
It’s interesting that the meaning of Asylum as a place of safety is often lost amid political footballing of the term, backwards and forwards. I was trying to read through some work-related articles to get some more information for my current work...
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22 Apr 2008 8:24 AM
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And on and on..
Moving into the final stretch now and I’m wavering between feeling fairly confident and feeling completely incapable of finishing off the work. I think I’ve got things in hand more or less - but then I worry about the pieces that I haven’t...
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18 Apr 2008 9:11 AM
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To the end..
Yesterday was the last day of the ASW course - well, the last ‘official’ day. It was funny but I spoke more to some of the people and on a more ‘real’ level than I had during the last few months! Anyway, the Presentation went OK...
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17 Apr 2008 7:48 AM
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Eastenders!
Community Care’s Social Work Blog discusses the throwback of the Bianca Jackson storyline in Eastenders, where her children were put into care by Social Services because she was homeless (due to non-payment of rent). Honestly, I was annoyed when...
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16 Apr 2008 5:39 AM
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