Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Access: Treatment for itching and shyness, in reply to Angela Hart,
And then he moved on to suggesting the man (who seems to have multiple problems) is a benefit cheat.
Another Sam Kuha perhaps?
The Kaikohe invalid beneficiary went to Winz on September 14 last year to apply for an emergency grant after running out of food and money. He was told he had to see a budgeter first, but had to wait three weeks for an appointment.
He went on hunger strike and four days later made the 4km trek into town on his electric wheelchair to draw attention to his protest with a sledgehammer. He lifted his hunger strike 30 days later when Social Development Minister Paula Bennett agreed to hear his concerns face-to-face.In the Kaikohe District Court on Friday Judge Greg Davis ....noted that Kuha's benefit had increased by 41 per cent because he was now receiving his full entitlement.
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Access: Treatment for itching and shyness, in reply to Hilary Stace,
What horrible people.
This has been preying on my mind all day.
I believe Farrar has crossed a line.
Aren't there laws against inciting hate speech?
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Access: Treatment for itching and shyness, in reply to Sacha,
sewerblogger
It stings! The disinfectant required to clean the eyes...
Wait awhile and Garrett will proffer his own particular veiwpoint
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The link that Keith Ng posted back in 2013 to the Regulatory impact statement that accompanied the NZPHDAct(2) appears to have broken.
But..here it is…I hope…
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But it’s worse than a ridiculous law. It’s a racist law.
It has no place in New Zealand. It should never have been the law. And it certainly shouldn’t be law now.
Like the subject of this righteous rant from Keith Ng back in 2013.
Within a month of that crappy piece of legislation being passed (like the proverbial through a goose) a Disability Support Provider with a contract with the DHB and the Miserly of Health published this on their website.
It’s hard to tell who is sporting the biggest grin, Pacific Homecare client Raea Utia as he lies watching his wife fold the blankets on his bed, or wife and Support Worker Taitua Utia as she stands looking at her beloved husband.
She became a Support Worker soon after approaching the organisation, and cares solely for Raea.
This is despite the fact that MOH policy has always specifically excluded partners and spouses being paid as carers.
I know that this policy was routinely circumvented through various mechanisms (that we could have exploited, but refused to compromise ourselves) and I also know that this has been successfully kept well under the radar of any kind of public scrutiny.
The couples I know who accepted these clandestine arrangements have been too much in fear of some sort of legal action from the Misery to come forward...
Apart from the couple written about the the newsletter from Pacific Homecare.
Did the policy not apply to them in particular (for whatever reason) or clients of Pacific Homecare?
If this is an exception to the policy made on 'cultural' grounds', is this '"racist"?
Could I make a complaint to the HRC of racial discrimination because I was not allowed to be paid as my partner's carer and this woman was?
It is a very messy and confusing world.
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Access: Treatment for itching and shyness, in reply to Sacha,
My psoriasis...
Yep, did yours develop in your early teens? Just when appearances begin to become important to even the most unselfconcious?
Daughter inherited this blight from her father...who tended to get patches in places normally covered. Not so his daughter. Got so bad that her paternal nana suggested I home school her to save her from derision from her (all girls') schoolmates. Not my girl.
She staunched it out...and it did cost her. BUT... as her stepdad will say..."there's always someone having a harder time than yourself."
Coco scalp with a tad extra salicylic added....applied to scalp then wrap in gladwrap. Leave for as long as possible then wash all the plaques out. Pinetarsol, sebitar, tea tree oil shampoo, aqueous cream, very low dose hydrocortisone creams. Some prescription preparations left her with patches of skin so thin she looked like she had been badly burned. Nivea creme...the best moisturiser IMHO.
The sun helps. She bakes when work allows. Peter and I were chatting to a guy at the Plastics Clinic one day who was in for a UV therapy session, he claimed that those with psoriasis have a low skin cancer rate. Don't know if this is true..
Peter's exposure to to a skin sensitiser and mutagen http://www.titanag.com.au/Products/MSDs/carbendazim_msds.pdf and the chemotherapy needed to treat the leukemia it caused has left him with extraordinarily sensitive skin. Trial and error has led us to a regimen that seems to keep the worst at bay without pouring a shit ton of chemicals onto or into him. He takes Vit E and zinc supplements....recommended by a pharmacist who found during his Master's research that zinc especially improves chronic wound healing so well that he did not understand why it was not standard treatment for those with skin problems. For general irritations or reactions to god knows what...I have concocted a creme made from non-ionic cream, bio oil, manuka honey (the real stuff) and a little lavender oil. Warmed and well mixed this gets daubed on any red bit. Very effective and also awesome for pressure areas. (the manuka re- oxygenates the skin cells...reversing damage)
A friend, who lives on a small block not far from us, and has also been sprayed with the same shit that we were, has such dreadful skin sensitivity that she lives on steroids and dreads going outdoors. Summer is a nightmare.
This carbendazim...sorry to bang on about it...is everywhere. Seriously... it is used to protect manufactured goods in transit from mould....sometimes Peter can't bear to be in the Warehouse when they have restocked the shelves....even I get the prickly, pins and needles reaction...this is why ALL new towels, linen, clothing and fabrics get a very warm heavy duty wash before they are used.
Happy New Year.
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More reading.....
http://www.maoricouncil.com/maori-community-development-act-claim/
The claim, in particular, is helpful as it literally highlights the significant issues of the Maori Council.
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But wait! There's more!
With mental health issues now firmly under the heading of 'disability' I guess this...
...should be here.
The Misery of Health strikes again with its determination that there are no significant mental health issues arising from the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes.
Despite
Canterbury police district commander Superintendent John Price said "calls for service" relating to attempted suicides had steadily increased since 2011.
By 2015, the number had risen almost 100 per cent, and was likely the highest in New Zealand.
No surprises here...
Canterbury Hospitals Medical Staff Association chair Ruth Spearing wrote to Health Minister Jonathan Coleman in August, urging the government to "take our concerns very seriously".
"We are acutely aware that trust is not something that is present in the Ministry of Health at present – indeed the concerning feedback from colleagues working in the Ministry is the very dysfunctional interactions within that organisation at many levels," she said.
"At present, the ongoing time-consuming, negative interactions with the Ministry leaders is sapping the time and energy that we should be using to innovate and plan for best patient care."
The temptation to do yet another angry rant about the Misery of Health is almost too much.
I truly believe they top WINZ as the Government department most likely to kick you when you're down.
Its almost as if they want the most vulnerable New Zealanders to be driven over the edge with despair.
I say...Fight back, despite your pain and struggles. The Misery wants you to give up. DON'T. Live forever just to piss the Misery off.
A Happier New Year to all those in Canterbury.
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Hard News: Incoming: Summer, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Great that the ODI game is available live on Prime today.
What?
How about the next one? (so we can steal a telly)
