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• 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... Posted Sep 09 2008, 06:05 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, older people, carers, mental health, old age, elderly, long-term care, carer, Alzheimer's disease, social worker, caregiver, spouse, forewarning

• The Missing Umbrella

  A few days ago there was some very heavy rain here. For 99% of the time I don’t bother with umbrellas. Showers are more common than full-on continuous rainfall through the day. I’m very good at leaving umbrellas places as well. Usually in... Posted Aug 15 2008, 05:58 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, dementia, work, old age, elderly, health, carer, lost umbrella, umbrella

• Second Sight in Risk Assessment

  I came across this story yesterday which was published in the Rye and Battle Observer about a 92 year old man who hanged himself because he was unable to cope at home and had been told he might not be placed in a residential home although he had asked... Posted Aug 01 2008, 06:25 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, long-term care, health, carer, csci, United Kingdom, respite care, Commission for Social Care Inspection, risk assessment, risk

• Coincidence

  Earlier in the week, I popped in to see someone that I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks. I had intended it to be a fairly quick visit. Things had been stable and I was in the area so just wanted to check and show my face - just in case. I’d... Posted Jul 18 2008, 04:17 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, carers, elderly, carer, television, older person

• Data Entry

  All the work I do is recorded on databases. Every visit, form completed, review, assessment - even some telephone conversations (if they are over 10 minutes and can be deemed to have some kind of ‘therapeutic value’ - so not the ‘Can... Posted Jul 11 2008, 05:14 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social work, work, carers, local authority, nhs, carer, local government, statutory social work, database

• Direct Payments - Chapter Two

  So, a week from the start of my journey into a Direct Payments referral and I have sent the appropriate forms, documents and paperwork to the appropriate people.  The figures are being checked and the amount that has been requested matched up against ... Posted Jul 03 2008, 05:34 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, carers, socialcare, old age, elderly, uk, fair access to care, carer, direct payments, social services, family, opening direct payments bank accounts, personal assistants, gscc., carer direct payments

• 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... Posted Jul 01 2008, 05:27 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, dementia, work, carers, socialcare, mental health, old age, elderly, health, caregivers, carer, alzheimers, social services, United Kingdom, respite care, family, residential respite, assumptions, options for care, respite, domiciliary respite

• 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... Posted Jun 26 2008, 05:10 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, carers, old age, uk, caregivers, carer, alzheimers, direct payments, care services, carers direct payments, carers assessment, choice

• Caring for Carers

  This week is Carers Week. There has been quite widespread coverage in the press - certainly from where I’m sitting anyway. Yesterday the government printed it 10 year Strategy for Carers. It has been widely reported that the main tenet of the strategy... Posted Jun 11 2008, 06:03 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social issues, older people, work, carers, socialcare, old age, benefits, politics, elderly, uk, health, caregivers, carer, rethink, respite care

• Help to care

  I first saw on the news over the weekend about the report produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research related to  Personalised Budgets for Carers and it baffled me a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, I completely think that carers need... Posted Jun 04 2008, 05:40 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, carers, local authority, old age, benefits, long-term care, uk, caregivers, carer, institute for public policy research, carers allowance, direct payments, social services, personalised budget, adult care, direct payment

• Into the ‘hoods

  Yesterday was European Neighbour’s Day. I know about this because I read The Guardian’s website! It was a timely then, that yesterday I spent a morning with the neighbour of one of the people that I work with. We’ve met a number of times... Posted May 28 2008, 05:44 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: residential care, social issues, older people, work, elderly, long-term care, neighbour, local, caring, friendliness, local solidarity, carer, neighbor, neigborhood