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The Pilkingtons, Disability Hate Crime and Responses

Yesterday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission published it’s report into the case of Fiona and Francecca Pilkington which I wrote about first in September 2009. The Guardian has an article which highlights some of the main points but to sum...

Published 25 May 2011 7:24 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: carer, carers, Disability, discrimination, housing, local authority, personal, politics, social care, social issues, work
On yer bike!

Housing is an issue that has been a consistent backdrop to all of the work that I’ve done since I began working in statutory social services. There is a massive shortage of affordable housing. This leads to overcrowding, poor conditions and some heightened...

Published 29 Jun 2010 6:51 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Coalition government, council housing, discrimination, Employment, housing, iain duncan-smith, older people, on your bike, personal, politics, social mobility, work
Of Mouse and Man

I probably picked the wrong clothes to go to work yesterday. I knew I was going to visit a house that had been kept in what might be called ‘less than sanitary conditions’. Although that is a fairly gross understatement. As a student accompanying me remarked...

Published 10 Feb 2010 6:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: diogenes syndrome, elderly, health, hoarding, housing, local authority, mental health, old age, older people, personal, Rodent, social care, social issues, social work, social worker, unsanitary conditions, work
Neighbours

Unsurprisingly, confidentiality and the maintaining of such is a key part of our job. Over the past few months really, an interesting and in some ways warming story has developed in front of me that I thought I would share just before Christmas. It involves...

Published 24 Dec 2009 7:05 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: companionship, confidentiality, elderly, friendship, housing, local authority, lonely, old age, older people, personal, sheltered housing, social care, social work, social worker, work
Chasing Housing

I try to avoid contact with Housing as much as possible. It comes very close to the ‘hello, head – meet brick wall’ kind of scenario. I know they are very busy and all but sometimes it seems like every conversation turns into a battle...

Published 20 May 2009 6:14 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: council housing, housing, local authority, london, securing housing, sheltered housing, social issues, social work, uk, work
8 deaths - 10 days

I’m back to one of my least favourite topics today. Southern Cross Healthcare. And yes, the headline just about says it all. Crown Nursing Home in Harwell, Oxfordshire is a small 16 bedded nursing care home which was run by Trinity Care - bought...

Published 26 Feb 2009 6:21 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: chest infections in residential care, Death, elderly, health, Home Care, housing, local authority, long-term care, NHS primary care trust, nursing home, nursing home death, old age, older people, pnemonia, social care, social work, Southern Cross, southern cross healthcare, southern cross healthcare criticism, work
Patching up

While not being extremely well experienced in making applications for people to be detained in psychiatric units, I’m certainly building up a fair amount of experience quickly. This week was the shortest assessment that I have been involved with...

Published 4 Dec 2008 6:38 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, dementia, elderly, family, health, housing, local authority, long-term care, mental health, mental health act, nursing home, old age, older people, section 2 mha, sectioning, social care, social work, work
Leading Horses to Water

I was going to make a post specifically about Mr P but I never got around to it. He is an elderly man with depression. He lives alone in one of the ‘nicer’ ends of the patch that I cover. His flat though, is one of the worse I’ve seen...

Published 24 Oct 2008 6:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: assured shorthold tenancy, depression, elderly, house, housing, Landlord, local authority, london, old age, older, older people, Property, regulated tenancy, sheltered housing, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work
Bringing work home

Earlier this week, during one of our monthly meetings that include all the teams that work in our office (there are four sub-teams that cover the borough), we discussed Lone Working Policies. Nothing particularly exciting - they are formulating some new...

Published 12 Jul 2008 5:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community, community care, health, housing, local authority, lone working policy, neighbourhood, Ray Lewis, social issues, social work, United Kingdom, work
Little Steps

Yesterday, I had another run-in with the Housing Department but at least it was resolved. It tends to happen every so often and its usually over the same issues. This time it was about access - which is probably the most common reason that we have...

Published 8 Jul 2008 4:39 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: access, care, carers, elderly, housing, local authority, old age, older people, social care, social work, socialcare, work
Trouble at Southern Cross

Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but...

Published 2 Jul 2008 2:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: care home, csci, elderly, health, housing, long-term care, nursing home, old age, older people, residential care, social care, social issues, social work, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, uk, work
Walk away

Yesterday I was called to an ‘emergency’. Well, as I don’t operate strictly in a crisis setting, it was more to act as a gatekeeper to the ‘real’ emergency services. In essence, did Mr A need to come into hospital? It wasn’t...

Published 30 May 2008 5:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: homelessness, hostel, housing, local authority, mental health, social issues, work
A decent place to live

I seem to have had something of a ‘home’ themed week in one way or the other, so thought I’d round it off with a few thoughts about more general housing. In one of the previous teams I worked in, we had a basic line that a lot of the...

Published 17 May 2008 6:51 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: housing, housing stock, local authority, poor housing, right to buy, social care, social housing, social issues, social justice, social policy, uk, work

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