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Benefits from family ties

By Nigel Leaney The birth of a grandchild can fill in some of the missing bits of family life, particularly for service users with mental illness Read More...

Published 17 Sep 2008 7:03 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: grandchildren, Mental Health, Nigel Leaney

Social Work And Social Care: Time to learn something from the Olympic spirit?

by Peter Beresford I never expected to hear myself say it, but the Beijing Olympics have given me a whole new sense of proportion. Suddenly I feel I have a proper perspective on issues of social care and human needs. Read More...

Published 27 Aug 2008 12:43 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Mental Health, olympic games, paralympics, Peter Beresford, Poverty, social care, social work

Bond of living together

Residential care may be unfashionable but its communal living can be a boon for those who otherwise would be lonely, writes Nigel Leaney Read More...

Published 27 Aug 2008 12:07 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: independence, Mental Health, Nigel Leaney, residential care

What is adult social care actually for?

by Simon Heng In the old days, adult social care was easy. People with a disability, or mental illness, or anyone over 65 who looked as if they weren't coping on their own, were rounded up into institutions where their physical needs could be met...

Published 29 Jul 2008 2:05 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, adult social care, day centres, disability, independent living, Learning Disabilities, local authorities, Mental Health, Physical disabilities, simon heng, wanless

Mental health, work, and new incapacity benefit rules

by Helen Waddell Because of the disabling symptoms of schizoaffective disorder I am unable to work, and obtain an income by claiming incapacity benefit. I feel relieved that I will not be subject to the criteria under which new claimants for its replacement...

Published 16 Jul 2008 12:01 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: benefits, helen waddell, incapacity benefit, Mental Health, the employment and support allowance, work

Plans and targets: remember the human factor

Social care needs plans but we should subordinate them to the realities of being human - after all we can't all hit our targets. By Nigel Leaney Read More...

Published 17 Jun 2008 12:19 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, cpas, God, Mental Health, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nigel Leaney, Personalisation, planning, plans, politics, Public Policy, risk assessments, targets

Personalisation, practice and opening up the debate

by Peter Beresford Something rather worrying currently seems to be happening to personalisation. It's unlikely that many social care managers or professionals have managed to avoid this terms in 2008. This hideous piece of jargon has increasingly...

Published 16 Jun 2008 4:35 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Mental Health, Personalisation, Peter Beresford

Reflecting on Bridgend: Tackling suicides amongst young people

by Sarah Brennan, chief executive, YoungMinds There are a number of reasons why young people may consider taking their own lives. Young people approaching adulthood are at a pivotal stage. They can be more impulsive, and may need more support than they...

Published 12 Jun 2008 5:42 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: bridgend, Mental Health, Sarah Brennan, suicide, young minds

Autism: a day in the life of George

By Jennifer Harvey A flick-through of the newspaper obituaries marks the start of George's day. But it is in the evening that he really lets rip... Read More...

Published 10 Jun 2008 11:49 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Autism, Mental Health

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