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Inspections and the CQC

I was interested to see that Mark Easton in his BBC blog, touched on the issue of residential care and the confusion in the regulatory system. He talks about a man, Dave, who needed to place his mother in a … Continue reading → Read More....

Published 11 Mar 2011 6:42 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: adult social care, BBC, care home inspections, Care of residents, Care Quality Commission, elderly, HealthWatch, imcompetence of inspections, local authority, local government, long-term care, Mark Easton, mental health, nursing home, old age, older people, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, work
Excellence Ratings for Care Homes

Yesterday, the government announced the unveiling of a new ‘gold standard’ or excellence rating for care homes. This is supposed to address some of the poor care that is delivered through local authority funded care. I have my doubts. Not … Continue...

Published 1 Mar 2011 6:48 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: care homes, Care of residents, Care Quality Commission, cqc, cynthia bower, elderly, excellence ratings for care homes, excellence standards, gold standards for care homes, government, health, health and social care, incompetence of cqc, Independent, local authority, long-term care, nursing care, nursing home, old age, older people, personal, politics, residential care, social care, social issues, social work, work
When Old Age Meets Teenage – Review

Generally, I tend not to watch anything that might be deemed to be ‘work-related’ but last night I sat down to watch ‘When Old Age Meets Teenage’ on BBC2 (available here on the iPlayer). It’s only the first of a … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 22 Feb 2011 6:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Age UK, bbc2 programme, care home, Care of residents, Disability, elderly, Generations and Age Groups, intergenerational work, long-term care, nursing home, old age, older people, People, personal, social care, social issues, social work, when old age meets teenage, whiteley village, work
Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes – thoughts after the series.

Last week, I wrote about the programme in general and my thoughts after watching the first in the two-part series presented and put together by Gerry Robinson which explores care homes and how they can be improved. In the meantime, the Guardian has published...

Published 16 Dec 2009 7:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: can gerry robinson fix dementia care homes, Care of residents, dementia, dementia care homes, elderly, gerry robinson, government, health, Home Care, local authority, local government, long-term care, mental health, old age, older people, personal, social care, social issues, social work, work
The Cost of Mistakes

I have a draft post written about making mistakes but while I was compiling, I remembered this story about Jesse Moores and on the scales of mistakes it has a much more important and tragic consequence. Jesse Moores was a resident at The Chines Home in...

Published 21 Apr 2009 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: bridgepoint, Care of residents, Company, enfield, health, Home Care, jesse moores, local authority, long-term care, Ojobar, Patience Etchu-Abangma, robinia care home, robinia homes, social care, social issues, social work, the chines, work
Gerontopia

The Guardian publishes an interview today with Bill Thomas, a charismatic social entrepreneur and Harvard-educated authority on geriatric medicine and elder care. nattu at Flickr He set up a company called Eden Alternative – a non-profit organisation...

Published 8 Apr 2009 5:55 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: bill thomas, Care of residents, eden alternative, elderly, Geriatrics, gerontopia, health, long-term care, Non-profit organization, old age, older people, residential care, Senior Health, social care, social issues, social work, work
Protecting Adults

A quick comment about this story about a couple with learning disabilities who were awarded damages of £100,000 against Hounslow Council which was subsequently withdrawn from them following an appeal. They had been victimised over a period of time by...

Published 4 Apr 2009 6:18 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: adult protection, appeal, Care of residents, health, learning disability, london borough of harrow, mental health, safeguarding adults, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, vulnerable adults, work
Assessing Capacity

We have, over the last 18 months or so, carried out a lot of capacity assessments in our team. Actually, truth be known, we were and have been carrying out capacity assessments for far longer but as far as codified assessments go, the paperwork has been...

Published 28 Mar 2009 9:32 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: assessment, Best Interests Assessor, Care of residents, carers, Court of Protection, dementia, elderly, health, long-term care, MCA, Mental Capacity Act 2005, mental capacity assessment, old age, older people, social work, work
Coming Home

One of my colleagues is not well at the moment and is unlikely to be back at work in a rush. So as is the norm, her work needed to be reallocated. That’s how I found myself with a file for Mrs K. A woman who has a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s...

Published 25 Feb 2009 4:57 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Alzheimer's disease, Care of residents, dementia, elderly, health, Home Care, hospital admission, imca, london, long-term care, MCA, mental health, moving home, nursing home, old age, older people, social care, social issues, social work, work
On Inspection

The Commission for Social Care Inspection have a system of rating residential and nursing homes. I have written about it before. I possibly didn’t state obliquely how cynical I have become of this system even though the cynicism was always there...

Published 11 Oct 2008 5:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Care of residents, cmht, Commission for Social Care Inspection, cpn, csci, elderly, England, health, Inspection, inspections by csci, local authority, long-term care, nursing home, older people, registered residential home, residential home, social care, social work, uk, work

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