Category Archives: disability

Sophie Countess of Wessex to support Warrington Disability Partnership

June 29, 2011   Carers, disability

Sophie Countess of Wessex to support Warrington Disability Partnership

11:36am Wednesday 29th June 2011

Sophie, Countess of Wessex
 Sophie, Countess of Wessex

ROYALTY will honour the work of Queens Award for Volunteer winners for their tireless dedication to Disability Awareness Day (DAD_ next week.

The Countess of Wessex will meet with volunteers at Walton Hall and Gardens as preparations are under way for this year’s event after accepting an invitation from event organisers Warrington Disability Partnership.

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Doctor struck off for kicking care home resident in rubber glove row

June 29, 2011   autism, Carers, disability, Norfolk

Doctor struck off for kicking West Runton care home resident in rubber glove row

Steve Downes Wednesday, June 29, 2011
9.51 AM

A doctor has been struck off after an incident in a Norfolk care home.

A doctor who kicked an autism sufferer on the backside in Norfolk in a row over a pair of rubber gloves has been struck off.

 Polish national Dr Robert Bartosik, 47, hit out at the patient following the argument at Treehaven residential home in West Runton.

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Social worker endures isolation to learn practice lessons

June 27, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care, social workers

Social worker endures isolation to learn practice lessons

Jeremy Dunning

Monday 27 June 2011 15:05

“I’ve only lasted half-a-day today. I feel tired and weary and I just needed to get away from the office.”

This was social worker Pam Stopforth speaking today on her first day back at work after a week pretending to be a lonely and isolated older person as part of social experiment organised for Isolation Week.

The experience, which included wearing vision-impaired glasses and diving gloves in order to carry out specific tasks and living alone without speaking to anyone for a week, proved unexpectedly taxing but left her with insights as to how to improve her own practice.

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