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Empty Words and Catheters
The Conservatives have been in power for over decade now, and right from the start they’ve been promising a big announcement of a plan to ‘fix’ social care. As a Social Care user this has always made...
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Social Care Success
On Friday I got an email confirming that the funding for my care at home has moved from Social Services to the NHS. This is known as a Personal Health Budget (PHB). They also sent me a breakdown of the...
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Waiting To Work
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I’ve got this week off, but I can’t relax quite yet because there’s a load of disability-related admin I need to complete. This includes doing the monitoring for my personal...
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Vulnerability and Me
I’m a vulnerable adult. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what this means. Maybe it’s because of the pandemic and how often the word ‘vulnerable’ is used: it’s gone viral. In this context...
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Close To Catastrophising
Yesterday was Sunday and early spring sunshine poured into the castle all day. I had a lovely weekend of haircuts with my family and joining Leftwing Idiot for a run round the park – typical restful...
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