[candy1567]

Hi

Being a social worker who works with the over 65's i was disgusted reading the article.

But as with every area of our society u get the good and the bad care services.

I actually trained for this job with the idea of helping and supporting ppl, but unfortunately due to govt targets and guidelines, thats now not possible.

18 to 64yr olds are called adults, but wen u get to 65 ur now classed as an older person so u loose ur identity its horrendous.

Also it is extremely difficult to 'put' someone in a care home due to the fact everyone is deemed to have capacity to make choices until diagnosed otherwise, so its a minefield to work with.

My own personal views are that wen u get to that certain age everyone should have a quality of life and be supported to achieve this, but this is mostly not possible, the older style social work is now non existant, its all govt targets, and drowning in paperwork and i truely believe u dont need a social work qualification to work in the field anymore, the hands on approach is long gone.

candy1567