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  • The Horse Man

    It used to be quite straightforward. I was in an assessment team so someone would make a referral to our services - usually the person themselves, or a family member or a GP or district nurse - someone who had reason to understand that care was needed for some reason. Sometimes the referrals came from...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

  • 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

  • Dementia strategy

    The consultation on the dementia strategy is well worth reading, I think. Many of the stories in the national press focused on the pledge to review the use of anti-psychotic drugs, particularly in care homes, but the proposals really do appear to imply a wholesale overhaul of dementia care. A few that...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-24-2008

  • 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news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn.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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