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Article: Hidden people – how many people
are prisoners in their own homes?
Some shocking examples only come to light when
there is a crisis, as Gill Levy
found. In the first of a series looking at this
neglected group, Gill tells us about Albert whose
story had a happy ending – but not all are
so lucky.
“If
we want things to stay as they are things
will have to change”. Richard
Curen reports on a conference looking
at the challenges facing social care. One
speaker drew attention to the state of many
acute hospitals which were bedevilling the
work of adult social care with about 50
per cent of them seriously underperforming
and not good enough to be granted foundation
status.
Independence
need not equal social isolation
Tracy
Hammond describes how KeyRing makes successful
community connections.
She says: “Solutions to isolation are in
every community; we need to raise our expectations
in order to find them”.
We
have ways of communicating...
Paul
Williams continues his series for
students looking at communication. The tragedy
is that in the past there must have been
many people who spent a lifetime trying
to communicate with us, but we lacked the
means to understand. And maybe that is still
the case, he says.
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Feature: Hidden people – how many people
are prisoners in their own homes?
Some shocking
examples only come to light when there is a crisis,
as Gill Levy found. In the first
of a series looking at this neglected group, Gill
tells us about Albert whose story had a happy ending
– but not all are so lucky.
When
carers become the cared for
People with
learning disabilities who take on a caring role
often receive little support and don’t know
how to get help, says Andrew Holman
Assessing
needs requires an element of human judgement.
Brian
Collinge reflects on the current approach
to assessing needs using a tariff system
Celebrity
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Frankie Boyle
puts his foot in it - Louise Wallis
continues her critical look at the behaviour of
celebrities
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the news
Goldhay
Arts, the innovative centre founded by LCD director
Anthea Cox to encourage people to explore their
artistic talents, faces closure.
