Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Angela Hart,
And the Funded Family Care evaluation has just been released for your entertainment, edification and delight
Thanks for posting this Angela....Whew, clearly the researchers put plenty of effort into attempting to turn a pigs ear into a silk purse...albeit a purse that few people seem to want to pick up.
At a first reading ...pure bullshittery.
" Bullshittery " being a wonderful word recently repopularised by the dearly departed Dita Di.
I have many questions regarding Funded family Care
1. Funding for 1600 disabled people to have family (other than spouses and partners) as their paid carer. Why only 191 recipients???
2. The Miserly of Health claimed in 2008 that there were...
http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZHRRT/2010/1.html
But it was evident (and agreed by the parties) that there is a significant number of people with severe disabilities who do not receive Ministry funded disability support services – this group could total up to 29,000 in all.
...29000 severely disabled people being cared for by unpaid family....
where the bloody hell are they????
More bullshittery.
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"New Model" evaluation reports available here....
http://www.nzdsn.org.nz/Blogs/481/60/evaluation-reports-on-new-model-now-available/
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Polity: In defence of the centre, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
f only National hadn’t got rid of night classes and had actually expanded the community education programmes,
...and, perhaps, had encouraged the Telly Barons to screen educational, informative and intellectually stimulating programmes....?
But no....we have eyes glued to Shorty Street and brains disengaged.
SNAFU
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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/353203/city-seen-ideal-disability-centre
Paul Gibson.....
Disability studies involves a completely different way of thinking about disability. So it's not the traditional way of thinking in the medical or clinical way, but thinking about disability as a human rights issue, as a natural, inherent part of being human and with the leadership by disabled people.''
New Zealand used to be considered a world leader on disability action, but not any more.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11502569
and now, it seems, Auntie Anne apologises too...
And of course I apologise to anyone who was abused while they were in state care."
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Access: Disability abuse: it’s not OK, in reply to Hilary Stace,
A fast track process is not the same as a morally restorative State apology.
And exactly what would it cost the State to apologise?
Nothing
But, an apology might imply an undertaking to ensure such horrors were not repeated, that the system has changed, that the State recognises the rights of these children and their worth as citizens.
Hilary, thanks for posting this, I think.
I read the report in tears.
As a former foster parent, frustrated to the point of reporting CYF to the Children's Commission, and as a former fostered child.
Nothing has changed in the past 55 years.
How can that be? We have known for decades the long term effects of abuse and neglect of children, yet we still persist in sidelining and shelving these reports....I would like to see what the Panel recommended.
I am a citizen...a small part of the State.
I apologise.
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Speaker: Saying what we actually mean on…, in reply to Marc C,
But by using certain phrases and language, our dear government demagogues manage to mislead the wider public,
and, it would appear, its own employees.
A man, a father of dependent children, has inoperable, terminal cancer.
He was on the Supported Living Payment, as befits someone for whom work is an unreasonable expectation.
But wait!
Local WINZ office has the cure....they shift him onto the Jobseeker Allowance.
Man goes to the doctor and the oncologist who fill in the appropriate forms to get the SLP reinstated.
Very ill man delivers completed forms to local WINZ office.
Unfortunately, WINZ staff are not familiar with terms such as (I surmise) 'metastatic', 'poor prognosis', 'carcinoma'....that the medicos had written on the form..
....and cancelled the man's benefit until the form was filled in using language and terminology that the good staff at the local WINZ office comprehend.
Dying man and dependent children are left with no financial support while the bureaucrats, no doubt, consider they were just doing what the policy dictates.
Just another day in the trenches for the vulnerable poor.
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Speaker: Saying what we actually mean on…, in reply to Michael Meyers,
This comment makes me so angry. I guess it’s best to do nothing because someone has organised a conference and have the audacity to charge money? It does actually cost money to put on a conference, you know. Or maybe they should offer scholarships to attend. Oh wait, they are.
I'm sorry you are angry.
I was being ironic. Appropriately, since there is real irony in a conference discussing addressing inequality charging such a huge sum to attendees.
Excludes those on low incomes or benefits...those experiencing inequality and inequity.
The "Scholarship"...well, gee, we're used to filling out forms and listing our inadequacies. We are proficient at begging...we do it at WINZ, we do it to procure a few extra items of medical supplies, justifying the need for a new wheelchair. We are also sensitive to wording in funding applications that says..."don't bother applying if you can't tick box X."
No point doing anything about anything ever, really.
There are ways of doing something that does not involve forking out nearly a week's benefit to listen to experts speaking about our, the "powerless"', situation.
Some of us try to do our little insignificant bit....really..
Mr. Meyers, your reaction to my earlier post, your vitriol, has indicated to me the true nature of the "Step Up" campaign.
Pity really...it was beginning to sound like a worthwhile initiative.
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I remember those conversations Hilary...and respite care was the emphasis. If "MyCare" is about respite...why set up a limited company?
IF is being used for respite and a carer support type scheme..Tauranga is where I've heard of it being used...paying relief carers about $18 per hour...rather than the $3 under CSS. In Hamilton, (years ago now) CCS Disability Action had their Home To Home scheme, matching carer families with families looking for care for a disabled child. CCS did the vetting and police checks.
We cared for a couple of kids on the spectrum...but I'm afraid we could not provide respite for those children with extreme behaviours....and those inclined to bolt. We simply could not guarantee their safety.
Please...someone check out one of those meetings?
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Sacha,
Well, hey....anyone in Auckland want to go and check it out???
MANY opportunities....