Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Social work figures have paid tribute to one of their own after Mark Drakeford announced he would be stepping down as first minister of Wales. Drakeford was hailed for maintaining his social work values and commitment to social justice, after announcing he would be stepping down from the role in March 2024. He trained as a social worker, then worked as a probation officer, a youth justice worker and as a social work academic before being elected to the Senedd (Welsh Assembly) in 2011.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I’m lucky. We get along in my family. I have two older brothers. We trust each other. My mom trusts all of us. I know that isn’t everyone’s experience. With that, we are prepared for the inevitable. All of us. Family members know where important documents are. Persons have been designated to have POA (Power of Attorney) for financial and health matters.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has streamlined its process for assessing council adult social care services following significant concerns about the burden on authorities. The regulator has issued fresh guidance on the local authority assurance process as it announced it had been given the green light by government to start assessing England’s 153 councils over the next two years.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As busy and as difficult as one’s job may be, that person may never know the challenge of needing to go to the bathroom with kids of an age or need, that require continuous supervision. Upon returning home to be asked what one got done that day, is totally devoid of understanding the exhaustion of nary a break, continuous responsibility, and the averting of constant potential crises.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) has today launched England’s first kinship strategy. The long-awaited document includes plans to pilot giving some kinship carers equivalent allowances to foster carers and expanding the role of virtual heads to cover support for children of kinship carers in education. The department said it would also provide carers with improved training and information, so they could better understand their rights, as well as enhanced peer support.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If you’ve lost the connection to your teen, no amount of begging, cajoling, threats or punishment will get them on track. First and foremost, you need to establish a connection. No connection, no influence. For that, guerilla love. We all know what guerilla warfare is about. You sneak up on your enemy combat and kill them when they aren’t looking and then slip away.

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Living with bipolar disorder can be challenging, and living with bipolar disorder over the holidays even more so. While there are many great things about holidays, bipolar stability often isn't one of them. I believe we need to embrace the good parts of the holidays while protecting our mental health for after the holidays, too. Here are holiday tips when dealing with bipolar disorder.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 14, 2023

HB 68 bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans children and blocks trans girls from playing on girls’ sports teams The Ohio legislature has given its final approval to a bill that would impose substantial new restrictions on the lives of trans children. The bill, HB 68, prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans youths.

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CAPC

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new resources for the field of palliative care which celebrates the success of the field.

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