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  • Thatcher and Dementia

    I grew up in a household in which Thatcher was something of a dirty word. We were living in Yorkshire in a period of my childhood that coincided with The Miners Strike (83/84). As my father collected us from school, we had to drive through police checks and with his London accent he was often [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-24-2008

  • 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 parts of [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-01-2008

  • Inside Alzheimer’s

    There is an interesting article published by Geriatrics entitled Does Alzheimer’s really exist?. It consists of an interview with two authors of a book called The Myth of Alzheimer’s. I thought it raised some crucial points. Of course, biologically, Alzheimer’s exists and that isn’t...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-12-2008

  • It’s good to talk

    The Commission of Social Care Inspection are, according to the BBC, reporting the groundbreaking news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn. twenty_questions  @flickr At the risk of being a little cynical, one does...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
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