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As I’m still creaking back to normal, I have come across a number of articles that made me consider and ponder which I thought I’d share. It is a little hotch-potch of different things about a variety of subjects but that’s just the way my brain is working...

Published 28 Jun 2010 6:47 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, facebook, martin narey, nessa childers, personal, politics, social care
Moving on Individual Budgets

And so it starts. Currently we are still in ‘pilot’ phase of the Individual Budget roll-out – the forefront of the personalisation and self-directed support agenda and if that sentence made little sense to you – you can probably count yourself lucky!...

Published 25 Nov 2009 6:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, attempts to be positive about new systems, carer, carers, carers individual budgets, direct payments, elderly, England, health, ib, individual budget, local authority, personal, personal budget, personalisation, personalisation agenda, ras, resource allocation systems, sds, self-assessment questionnaires, self-directed support, social care, social issues, social services, social work, uk, work
Research and Tests

It has been widely reported over the last day, at any rate, that there has been a new breakthrough in research into the causes of Alzheimer’s and that three specific gene mutations have been identified as being present in almost 100,000 of Alzheimer’s...

Published 7 Sep 2009 6:54 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, Alzheimer's disease, bang goes the theory, BBC, dementia, elderly, health, health care, mental health, old age, older people, Research, research into alzheimer's, tv experiments, work
Abuse and Stress

The BBC reports on a study published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) which questioned carers of people who suffer from dementia and found that a third admitted “significant abuse” Predominantly, this abuse is emotional and verbal abuse...

Published 23 Jan 2009 6:22 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Abuse, alzheimers, BMJ, caregiver, caregiver support, carer, carer support, carers, dementia, elder abuse, elderly, emotional abuse, health, old age, older people, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, ucl, uk, University College London, work
Looking for places

In one of those strange group-think type situations, just after writing about the shortage of residential and nursing places in my own borough, the Telegraph print an article today with a bit more substance to follow through on the same topic. According...

Published 5 Dec 2008 5:44 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, conservative party, dementia, elderly, health, long-term care, mental health, Neil Hunt, old age, older people, residential care, social care, social work, uk, work
Appointeeship

Appointeeship is when someone is appointed (see, clever use of words there!) to accept receipt of government benefits and/or pension on behalf of someone else. This is something that is fairly familiar in my line of work. When someone lacks the capacity...

Published 11 Nov 2008 6:36 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, Court of Protection, dementia, local government, mental capacity, mental capacity assessment, mental health, money, power of attorney, uk, United Kingdom, work
Vitamins, Dementia and Hope

A new trial is being carried out in the New Year to look at the effects of dosages of B3 vitamin to people who have been newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and this is reported in the Guardian. It worked on the mice so there is going to be an open...

Published 6 Nov 2008 6:14 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Alzheimer, Alzheimer Disease, alzheimers, b3 vitamins, Clinical trial, Conditions and Diseases, cornelius katona, cure for dementia, dementia, dementia research, elderly, health, medication, mental health, Neurological Disorders, old age, older people, ucl, University College London, vitamins and dementia, work
A duty to die

Sarah Wootton wrote a piece in the Guardian, a few days ago, considering Baroness Warnock’s comments in the Church of Scotland’s magazine, Life and Work, in which she stated that dementia suffers may have ‘a duty to die’. Uproar...

Published 1 Oct 2008 5:45 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, Baroness Warnock, elderly, Euthanasia, health, Lady Warnock, mary warnock, National Health Service, OAP, old age, older people, power of attorney, right to die, sarah wootton, social care, social issues, social work, work
Lest We Forget

Yesterday was World Alzheimer’s Day. Events around the world were held to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease and it’s impact. Some countries are holding study days, others picnics and walks. Different ways of drawing attention...

Published 22 Sep 2008 6:52 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Alzheimer, alzheimers, Alzheimer's Association, alzheimers blogs, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Research Trust, alzheimer's resources, Alzheimer's Society, dementia, dementia resources, elderly, health, mental health, old age, older people, Research, world alzheimer's day 2008
The Horse Man

It used to be quite straightforward. I was in an assessment team so someone would make a referral to our services - usually the person themselves, or a family member or a GP or district nurse - someone who had reason to understand that care was needed...

Published 16 Sep 2008 5:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, elderly, foal, General practitioner, hackney carraige, Horse, london, mental health, old age, older people, social care, social work, Taxicab, work
Assumptions

I work in the inner city and have since I did my first practice placement in the first year of my social work course almost 10 years ago now. For as long as I have been working as a social worker , I have only ever worked in the inner city - different...

Published 1 Jul 2008 5:27 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, assumptions, caregivers, carer, carers, dementia, domiciliary respite, elderly, family, health, mental health, old age, older people, options for care, residential respite, respite, respite care, social care, social issues, social services, social work, socialcare, United Kingdom, work
Direct Payments - Chapter One

Direct Payments is the system of, basically, rather than giving a direct service, providing money to the user of the service to ‘buy’ the care that they need directly. ‘Direct Payments were introduced in the UK - for adults with a disability...

Published 26 Jun 2008 5:10 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, care services, caregivers, carer, carers, carers assessment, carers direct payments, choice, direct payments, old age, older people, social care, social work, uk, work
It’s good to talk

The Commission of Social Care Inspection are, according to the BBC, reporting the groundbreaking news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn. twenty_questions @flickr...

Published 3 Jun 2008 5:01 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: alzheimers, care home, csci, dementia, elderly, health, long-term care, mental health, old age, older people, residential home, social care, social work, uk, work

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