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  • Reviewing IMCAs

    Yesterday the First Annual Report of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)  was published. I have had some experiences of using IMCAs over the last 18 months but with increasing frequency and it’s probably the same for most of my colleagues within the service I currently work in...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008

  • Looking at gift horses

    There’s one couple that I’ve been seeing quite a lot of over the past few weeks. He has dementia and his wife has depression. They have been co-dependent for many years - and probably would have continued to be until she became physically unwell quite suddenly which led to an intentional...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-23-2008

  • 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

  • Dementia Awareness Week

    This week is Dementia Awareness Week and the Alzheimer’s Society are focusing on prevention and things that people can do to reduce the risk of developing dementia. I was going to comment that the things they are suggesting are the expected ones but then realised that might be expected to me because...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008

  • Little Steps

    Yesterday, I had another run-in with the Housing Department but at least it was resolved. It tends to  happen every so often and its usually over the same issues. This time it was about access - which is probably the most common reason that we have these interactions. Mrs A lives alone in a block...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-08-2008

  • 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

  • Trouble at Southern Cross

    Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but Southern Cross are the largest provider and operator...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008

  • 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

  • A Golden Touch

    I like talking to people. One of the things I enjoy most in my job and the area that I work in is that I find that the stories people have to tell about their lives fascinating and a part of getting to know someone, their needs, hopes and aspirations is knowing the past histories. Often [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-25-2008

  • The Death of the Giro

    Image via Wikipedia I was minding my own business, listening to Moneybox on the Radio at the weekend - when I heard that Benefits Cheques are to be phased out. The Giro is on its last legs. I don’t want to be pessimistic at all, in the face of the minister responsible James Plaskitt, being so assured...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008
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