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Commissioning

Yesterday, I caught up with a friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen for a few months. She works in commissioning. She didn’t work in commissioning when we first met but her career trajectory has taken a few odd side steps and there she is. We talked about...

Published 4 Aug 2011 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: caregiver, Commissioner, Disability, health, Home Care, local authority, local government, mental health, personal, social care, social work, work
Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week

I learnt from my Twitter stream (thanks to Lindsay_Pike) that as well as being Carers’ Week, this week is also ‘Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week’. I had never come across this as a ‘week’ before so used my carefully honed research skills to type ‘Safeguarding...

Published 17 Jun 2011 6:54 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Abuse, Adult, adult protection, caregiver, carer, dementia, Disability, elderly, local authority, personal, philosophy, Safeguard, safeguarding, safeguarding adults, safeguarding adults awareness week, social care, social issues, work
Are Beans more valuable than People? – Or A Day at Community Care Live 2011

Yesterday I went to the C0mmunity Care Live conference. It is an annual event put on by Community Care Magazine and runs across two days. Being one of the very few free events (and excellent – free isnt the ONLY reason I go but it does help!), I...

Published 20 May 2011 6:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: caregiver, carer, carers, dementia, direct payments, elderly, health, MCA, mental health, Mental Health Foundation, miranda wixon, old age, older people, personal, peter beresford, social care, social issues, Social media, social work, think local act personal, work
Personal Budgets in Practice

Recently, I’ve been working with a service user and his carer (daughter) to put together a support plan or rather two support plans – one for him and one for his daughter . The two live together and without his daughter’s presence, there is no doubt at...

Published 6 May 2011 7:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: budget, caregiver, carer, carers, carers allowance, carer's direct payment, carers personal budget, dementia, direct payment, direct payments, elderly, health, Home Care, individual budget, local authority, local government, old age, personal, personal budget, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work
Cuts – a personal tale

A couple of weeks ago, I had one of those deeply depressing moments that will generally punctuate a career in social care. I had to go and tell a woman, who cares for her mother with enormous patience and dignity, … Continue reading → Read...

Published 28 Jan 2011 6:56 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: budget, caregiver, carer, carers, cuts, dementia, direct payments, Disability, elderly, evil tories, family, health, individual budget, local authority, london, mental health, old age, older people, personal, personal budget, personal care, personalisation, politics, respite care, sds, self-directed support, social care, social issues, social work, work
Respite, Disability and Personal Budgets.

Rivan Vincent has been prominent in the news over the last day or so. She has a six year old daughter, Celyn, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy. In the face of additional respite services being denied to her, … Continue reading →...

Published 21 Jan 2011 6:18 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: caregiver, celyn vincent, david cameron, Disability, Disability Living Allowance, discrimination, Downing Street, health, local authority, Mumsnet, mumsnet campaign, old age, older people, personal, personal budget, personalisation, politics, respite, respite care, respite4riven, rivan, rivan vincent, social care, social issues, social work, work
Love and Death

At 8.58am yesterday I was just about arriving at work and Mr A’s death was certified. I didn’t know about it though. I didn’t know until about half an hour later because Mrs A’s carer had arrived at 8am that morning and had found Mrs A in a distressed...

Published 13 May 2009 6:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: after a death, animal warden, caregiver, carer, carers, Coroner, Death, dementia, elderly, family, health, Home Care, old age, older people, pets, respite care, social care, social work, work
Death

I have worked consistently in older adult’s services since I qualified. I’d say, at least until a few months ago anyway – when I seem to have accumulated a few people in their late 60s - that most of the people I see regularly are over 85. So it isn’t...

Published 2 Apr 2009 7:10 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: caregiver, carer, carers, Death, dementia, elderly, family, grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, health, mourning, old age, older people, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, 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
Say it with a Song

It’s a scenario I see a lot. So much that even an explanation of the set-up will in no ways identify the individuals. Mr and Mrs L. He developed a severe and debilitating depression very soon after he retired. She quit her job to look after him...

Published 10 Dec 2008 6:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: caregiver, carer, carers, Country music, depression, elderly, health, mental health, Music, old age, older people, social work, work
Looking ahead

Yesterday I visited Mrs B and her husband. He has Alzheimer’s Disease and it is at a fairly advanced stage. She has been caring for her husband for many years watching his deterioration staying constantly at his side. I have been involved...

Published 9 Sep 2008 6:05 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Alzheimer's disease, caregiver, carer, carers, elderly, forewarning, long-term care, mental health, old age, older people, social care, social work, social worker, spouse

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