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  • A duty to die

    Sarah Wootton wrote a piece in the Guardian, a few days ago, considering Baroness Warnock’s comments in the Church of Scotland’s magazine, Life and Work, in which she stated that dementia suffers may have ‘a duty to die’. Uproar followed as it is a headline which is easy to write...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008

  • 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

  • Is Caring a Skill?

    The immigration rules are changing here. Generally I have a liberal view towards immigration - and one that probably wouldn’t win me any friends at dinner parties, if I ever went to any that is! I am aware though, that my view is sometimes prejudiced by the knowledge that my own great-grandparents...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-11-2008

  • Looking ahead

      Yesterday I visited Mrs B and her husband. He has Alzheimer’s Disease and it is at a fairly advanced stage. She has been caring for her husband for many years watching  his deterioration staying constantly at his side. I have been involved for only a few months but over that time, have...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-09-2008

  • Guardianship - or a journey into Section 7 of the Mental Health Act

    I was called into one of the CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) meetings last week. It was a bit of a surprise. We don’t tend to go into other peoples’ meetings. It is almost like entering an alternate universe. People have the same roles and even tend to sit in the same places around the...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-01-2008

  • 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

  • Active Care? Another tale of Southern Cross

    I write a few months ago about the difficulties faced by Southern Cross Healthcare but a quick recap a) They are the largest private operator of residential and nursing care in the UK b) Big financial problems c) Some disparate concerns about quality of care and treatment of staff in homes that they...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-16-2008

  • 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

  • .. I shall wear purple

    The BBC reported yesterday about a Care Home, Woodland House in St Austell, Cornwall that has a wonderful sounding ‘Make a Wish’ initiative. Residents of the home are asked about dreams and goals for the future and in a worthy endeavour the home seeks to carry them out. So… A 90-year...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-09-2008

  • Hypochondria

    Currently a couple of people that I am working with who have anxiety and depression are suffering from a form of hypochondria. And truly, it is as painful as a mental disorder as any physical manifestation of an illness could be. The word that is over-used to some extent  and has developed a pejorative...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-05-2008
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