In the line-up for the 2007 legislation Grand National we see the return of some old favourites. Waiting for the starters’ orders are the Mental Health Act alongside the NHS & Community Care Act. We also see the return of the Chronically Sick & Disabled Persons Act and … surely not … Yes it is, […]
If there’s one part of my work which is bound to cause confusion and misunderstanding, I’d say it’s the ‘Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards’ or DoLs as they are shortened to. DoLs is a complicated corner of legislation that covers particularly those people who lack capacity to make decisions in relation to their care, accommodation and/or […]
‘Carers Week’ begins today. While the ‘official theme’ of the week is ‘In Sickness and In Health’ with a focus on the health of carers, I would provide my own theme from my position of having worked in social care for a fair few years as ‘more than words’. Carers’ need more than accolades in […]
Around 18 months ago, I offered some consultation to a small project that planned to set up activity days where children in care met prospective adopters. Last week I saw a DVD of the first event. There was no sense of the controversy that surrounds these so-called adoption parties. Children, their social workers and adopters […]
Today there will be a lobby and representation made to Parliament by the Care and Support Alliance – which is an umbrella organisation of a number of charities and representative groups for people with disabilities, illnesses and their carers. The Care and Support Alliance is campaigning to change the current system of care which exists, […]
Rod Liddle’s Sun column today is repulsive even by his standards. Also, I am nothing if not a creature of fashion, a cool and with-it hipster, daddio, who is always up to date with the latest trends. And being disabled is incredibly fashionable. The number of people who claim to be disabled has doubled in […]
Last night, I was involved in a ‘Twitter Chat’ about DPULOs (Disabled People’s User-Led Organisations). This is a new, regular ‘chat’ (with the hashtag #dpulo) that runs on Tuesdays at 8pm – 9pm GMT and initially I had been reluctant to ‘join in’ because I think, for obvious reasons, the discussions should very much be […]
Although I’ve been to the centre once before, I’m lost in the maze of this industrial estate. Every unit looks the same, sharp angles and harsh functionality, and my satnav has given up. I think it’s shrugging in helplessness so I turn it off, park up and walk. After a couple of aimless minutes, […]
It was with some trepidation that I watched last night’s Panorama programme ‘Britain on the Make’. I caught it late after the initial ‘rush’ and I went into it with a slight pang of distaste in my mouth having read some of the comments from Twitter but I felt that I should watch it, if […]
November 10, 2012 by Gary
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