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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

  • 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

  • New Models of Dementia Care

    The Daily Telegraph published the first in a two-part interview with Oliver James today - a clinical psychologist who, with his mother-in-law, Penny Garner, have developed a system of working with people who have dementia which they call: SPECAL (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer’s). As the...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • Inside Alzheimer’s

    There is an interesting article published by Geriatrics entitled Does Alzheimer’s really exist?. It consists of an interview with two authors of a book called The Myth of Alzheimer’s. I thought it raised some crucial points. Of course, biologically, Alzheimer’s exists and that isn’t...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-12-2008

  • 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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