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  • The Missing Umbrella

    A few days ago there was some very heavy rain here. For 99% of the time I don’t bother with umbrellas. Showers are more common than full-on continuous rainfall through the day. I’m very good at leaving umbrellas places as well. Usually in people’s houses - but also on buses, trains...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-15-2008

  • Second Sight in Risk Assessment

    I came across this story yesterday which was published in the Rye and Battle Observer about a 92 year old man who hanged himself because he was unable to cope at home and had been told he might not be placed in a residential home although he had asked to. I have to say honestly, I [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008

  • Coincidence

    Earlier in the week, I popped in to see someone that I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks. I had intended it to be a fairly quick visit. Things had been stable and I was in the area so just wanted to check and show my face - just in case. I’d phoned the [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-18-2008

  • Direct Payments - Chapter Two

    So, a week from the start of my journey into a Direct Payments referral and I have sent the appropriate forms, documents and paperwork to the appropriate people.  The figures are being checked and the amount that has been requested matched up against  the Fair Access to Care criteria along...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • 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

  • Direct Payments - Chapter One

    Direct Payments is the system of, basically, rather than giving a direct service, providing money to the user of the service to ‘buy’ the care that they need directly. ‘Direct Payments were introduced in the UK - for adults with a disability in 1997 - for older people in 2000 - for...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-26-2008

  • Help to care

    I first saw on the news over the weekend about the report produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research related to  Personalised Budgets for Carers and it baffled me a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, I completely think that carers need, deserve and are entitled to a lot more support...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-04-2008
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