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July 24th 2021
Why the CQC is about to make some care companies VERY nervous...
The
Care
Quality
Commission
(CQC)
recently
announced
their
new
2021
strategy
for
inspecting
care
homes
and
other
relevant
organisations
within
the
care
sector.
As
a
training
company,
we
were
naturally
curious
to
know
how
this
was
going
to
impact
on
us
indirectly,
and
the
companies
that
we
work
with
directly.
We
were
pleasantly
surprised;
some
care
companies though, probably not so much...
July 26th 2021
ADHD, slayer of minds and destroyer of families.
I
've given this a lot of thought. ADHD, and what it means to live with it, I mean.
These
aren't
just
'naughty
kids
that
have
grown
up
naughty',
this
is
something
far
more
sinister,
far
more
insidious;
its
tendrils
burrowing
their
way
into
every
fibre
of
their
emotional
and
psychological
wellbeing,
destroying
them
from
within
like
a
noxious
weed,
eating
away
at
their
emotions
and
life
strategies
leaving
them
often
unable
to
cope
in
a
normality
generated by the whims of a broader neurotypical society.
August 7th 2021
Dinosaur and Microchips
Well,
at
62
years
old,
I've
finally
been
dragged
kicking
and
screaming
into
the
21st
Century,
and
I
have
a
few
other
dinosaurs
in
my
wake...not
in
age
(sorry
Marianne!)
but
in
the
ways
of
new-fangled
technology
and
all
this
fancy
stuff
you
kids are all so fond of. But we're getting there...
August 27th 2021
"But it ain't my job!"
On
a
well
known
social
media
site,
a
question
was
raised
as
to
whether
as
a
care
assistant,
it's
normal
to
undertake
the
role
of
a
domestic
or
cleaner
during
your
shift.
As
an
ex-nurse,
and
now
as
a
highly
qualified
and
experienced
trainer,
my
simple answer is a short one. yes.
The
longer,
and
more
qualified
answer,
is
perhaps
not
so
simple.
Its
a
very
complex
issue,
a
highly
emotive
one,
and
I
suspect, one that comes down to personal ethic.
January 16th 2022
“Albert's new mate...Stan”
Those
of
you
who
have
ever
undertaken
Safeguarding
training
with
me
will
no
doubt
remember
Albert
(who
could
forget
that
humorous
old
Lothario
with
his
Sunday
Sport!).
Albert
came
to
me
one
day
as
a
way
of
answering
a
delegates
question
about
the
principles
of
the
Mental
Capacity
Act,
and
how
we
test
for
capacity,
and
put
simply,
he
just
never
left.
Now
a
staple
of
my
adult
safeguarding
sessions
(he
even
gets
his
own
chair!),
he
has
a
new
mate
I
expect
to
be
hearing
a
lot more from, who was introduced to me last night. In a dream, as it happens...
June 20th 2022
“This means war!”
This
is
a
declaration
of
war
upon
those
training
companies
who
routinely
rip
off
committed,
conscientious
and
professional
trainers.
Yet
again
today,
I’ve
lost
a
day’s
work
through
miscommunication,
and
possibly
three
days
because
someone
got
dates
wrong
in
a
confirmation
email.
There
was
a
time
when
I’d
have
got
right
cheesed
off
with
this,
but
today,
I’m
just
frustrated with it all. The sad truth is that this happens frequently to other trainers too, and frankly, enough is enough.
July 15th 2022
“Arghhh! How Much??!!”
On
the
back
of
my
last
blog,
about
how
some
people
feel
entitled
to
cancel
our
services
as
freelance
healthcare
trainers,
and
how
it
doesn't
occur
to
them
that
we
have
bills
to
pay
as
well,
Marianne
(2M
Training
-
you
should
check
them
out!)
and
I thought we'd give you some perspective...
December 23rd 2022
“Out of the shadows and into the light”
All
of
us,
man,
woman,
and
child,
has
a
basic
human
need
to
contribute
to
the
society,
family,
club,
clan,
or
group
with
whom
they
most
interact.
It
validates
us.
It
makes
us
feel
'we
belong'.
Withdrawal
of
that
need
only
grants
us
a
sense
of
alienation and isolation from that group.
You
see,
I
unequivocally
believe
that
human
beings
are
driven
by
two
things
and
two
things
only;
what
they
see,
and
what
they feel. These in turn, drive our behaviours.
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