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• Healthy incentives?

  By Derren Hayes What incentive do you need to take your health seriously? With the constant barrage of media coverage over what consistitutes a healthy - or in most cases unhealthy - lifestyle it is hard to imagine that there are people out there who... Posted Oct 03 2008, 11:56 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: social care, poverty, health, GP

• Credit crunch and social care

  By Keith Sellick While the sight of panicking city traders and so-called "masters of the universe" gives me some enjoyment, I know that the tottering world finance system will hit us all - 90% of us will be taxed to bail out the profits of the... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:06 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: keith sellick, Politics, social care, poverty, credit crunch

• Tales from the Labour fringe: Ivan Lewis, text messages and social care

  by Maria Ahmed Ivan Lewis, the care services minister, entered last night's Labour conference fringe meeting on adult social care funding looking somewhat greyer than I remembered. "It's been an interesting summer," he said, allowing... Posted Sep 22 2008, 12:57 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Politics, ivan lewis, social care, maria ahmed, labour conference

• Social divisions are about rich versus poor, not old versus young

  by Andrew Mickel Old is the new young: the number of over-65s in Britain has overtaken the number of under-16s , while over-60s now outnumber the under-18s. Read More... Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:03 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: social care, poverty, older people, Andrew Mickel, age concern, help the aged

• An introduction to the cushions and comedy of social care

  by Bronagh Miskelly As the new editor of Community Care I have a steep learning curve ahead of me - especially when it comes to the veritable dictionary of acronyms in social care. Read More... Posted Jul 03 2008, 01:16 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Politics, dcsf, social care, Bronagh Miskelly, DH, acronyms

• Scandinavia: social care Nirvana no more?

  By Keith Sellick Social care writers often portray Scandinavia as some sort of Nirvana (or maybe Asgard or Valhalla). A month doesn't go by without an article appearing that ends with the sentiment: "They do it better in Sweden/Denmark"... Posted Jul 03 2008, 11:45 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: keith sellick, Politics, social care, welfare cuts, Sweden, Denamrk, pedagogues

• Community Care Live 2008 - Question Time: the video

  by Simeon Brody Community Care Live 2008, was one of the biggest and best conferences Community Care has ever organised. And as ever, one of the highlights of the event was the Question Time session chaired by BBC journalist Jeremy Vine. Read More... Posted May 29 2008, 12:30 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: simeon brody, social workers, social care, Community Care Live 2008, social work, jeremy vine

• Devon promises holy grail of efficiency and personalisation

  by Mithran Samuel Devon Council is currently shaking up its care management function in a reform which promises to both lower the costs of adult social care services and make them more personalised around the user - what the jargon lovers among us may... Posted Apr 17 2008, 11:26 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Department of Health, Mithran Samuel, efficiency, Whitehall, funding, direct payments, social care, personalisation, individual budgets, Devon Council