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  • Elderspeak

    I admit, I had no idea what ‘Elderspeak’ term meant until I read this article in the Telegraph. Apparently it is defined by researchers as overly caring, controlling and infantilising communication - bears many similar traits to “baby talk”, including simplified grammar and vocabulary...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-27-2008

  • Delayed Discharges

    Since moving from a generic Community Care team into a specialist Mental Health team a few years ago, I haven’t had as much contact with the vagaries of the delayed discharge system as I did back then. Yesterday was a rude (in every sense of the word) awakening. The Community Care (Delayed Discharge...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

  • Prevention before cure

    It is all very well for the government to call for better preventative care for older people. It is a noble aim - and a cost effective policy too. But I can’t help but be a little bit cynical. As long as the Fair Access to Care bands exist and restrict care provision to Critical [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-23-2008
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