极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: ‘Hectic is the life of a social worker’: what research reveals about practice with older people

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Claire Henderson

Claire Henderson — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 11:40:28 +0000

I have worked with older people most of my working life, from the age of 16 and I am now nearly 57, been a Social worker for 14 years and have seen resources deminish over this time, as noted since the Conservatives have been in power, slowly and deliberately under funding social care. I agree with another comment, Learning Disabilities and older people are treated very differently, LD kept in the community in supported living and an older person put into residential care at very differing costs, some supported living costing over £2k per week, totally unfair and there is ageist attitude. I know this as mainly worked on LD services and Older people’s teams. Also about contributions to the cost of care, many older people have over the capital limit so end up paying privately and some LD income is disregarded, therefore there is an imbalance. Many services are private and cost alot of money and this is passed to local authorities. Also many people who have a Learning disability can access continuing health care funding, yet many with dementia are not eligible despite that being a health condition. Social care is broken and needs more investment and thought about how its funded. As for social workers,the media makes us all out to be evil and dont acknowledge we are agents of a state which at present is happy for us to be demonised. We are part of a system and should not be seen as fully responsible for some horrible acts committed by parents/carers/others. I also point out how social workers are trained, its a hard job and needs those with experience to show students and newly qualified social workers how it should be done before they go up the career
ladder, currently some of those practice educators do it for promotion and show little care about the student, community care you need to do a article about that. In my eyes that is a privilege and yes I have done it, been a mentor as well. As for Health and social care being integrated, chance will be a fine thing, social workers are not respected by health, we are seen as less than, I know. Lastly thank you to all my social work colleagues who strive to support service users and their colleagues to deliver better care and support.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: People we serve

People we serve — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:53:58 +0000

Quote – “In all the situations that our research observed, the social worker brought reassurance, trust, knowledge and practical help.”

– Obviously the situations observed were not a true reflection of the whole picture and the state of social work today.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Anna Borne

Anna Borne — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:53:18 +0000

Love this research.
I have often found that the people that are really very shocked and upset by the state of older peoples health and social care, are the same people that have voted Conservative and had little to no contact with social care in their working lives. (Blind to what Tories have done to it). And then only in old age have they realised the state of the system – the first time they’ve been vulnerable or not had anybody round them to help.

However I don’t feel the lack of resources and funding is Ageism per se. Rather just cuts and effects of privatisation. Ageism is perhaps more evident in the way that media, press, research and strikes, seem focussed on children’s and mental health social work.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Dis P Ondent

Dis P Ondent — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:00:31 +0000

….even the funding process to achieve anything for an older person is discriminatory. Tick the relevant box and for an older adult the budget is wildly different. E.g. 2 older adults, one with learning disabilities & the other perhaps living with Dementia…both identical with their needs, risk and behaviours. Guess which client will be pushed towards a residential setting & which one is living their best life in supported living? One experiencing walks in the park, meals out, perhaps even a seaside break and the other sat in dull room whilst Barbara screams all day and staff with no interest play with their mobile phones. We’re all equal apparently.