Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Sacha,
http://www.dpa.org.nz/store/doc/2013%20Media%20report%2016pt.pdf
never noticed it
It was around the time that rather large report came out.
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What happened to the big push a few years ago to get the media to use less 'inspiration porn' language when telling stories involving disabled people?
I recall, but cannot find a link to, a do at the House where media were instructed on correct 'disability language' and were told which organisations had the authority to speak on disability issues.
Whaea Tariana was there, and I'm pretty sure DPA NZ...but I'm damned if I can't find the exact press release.
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Perhaps, if it created environments where disabled people could 'think differently' about themselves, gain confidence to go out into the community...???
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Sacha,
Think Differently 2014 Year in Review (Accessible Version for Web) (1).doc
Wonder what their $5m over 5 years achieved?
???? But they did a couple of reviews....
I guess you'd have to ask someone previously 'blind' to difference if their opinions/impressions/perspectives had changed after being exposed to the campaign.
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Angela Hart,
and corrected their misconception.
Were explosives involved?
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Tinakori,
got medical insurance in the 70s when they discovered they had no hope a getting a routine operation in the public system
Ditto for an old friend, an ardent National supporter. However when she was sent to the Public Hospital for an assessment on a painful gallbladder issue, she took umbrage at the surgeon asking her if she had medical insurance. This was, after all the Public System...talk of medical insurance had no place there. She radically changed her diet to relieve the symptoms and staunched it out until she floated to the top of the list.
Move on to the late 80s when she developed cataracts, she opted to use her insurance as her ability to drive was threatened. Her premiums had been going up throughout this time of course. Claim went in. Claim was instantly declined. Enter stroppier friend who went with her to the insurers office and collectively stood our ground...."pre-existing condition? Hah!"
A few years later a fellow nurse aide was saying how she worked for that insurer at that time. The Boss had instructed staff to routinely decline at least 50% of claims on a random basis...presumably some law of averages dictated that a worthwhile ( in terms of profit) percentage of declined claims would not be challenged.
My colleague questioned this policy, and processed each claim on its merits. The Boss took her quietly to one side and paid her to leave. She was much happier in her much lower paid but more morally comfortable job caring for sick elderly people.
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Sacha,
Oh, the irony.
You know, I'm a stroppy person, and I'm told I project a certain confidence, and I bet my bottom dollar Judi did too....despite her intent to be a 'mystery shopper'.
Those people who are not confident, literate, articulate....do not have family and friends riding shotgun....do not know they have been treated badly, never mind have the right to make a complaint???
How many serious breaches of the Code go un -investigated?
(Thanks for the transcript, interweb struggling, despite new provider.)
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One of the Young People did their real estate agent course. The very first class involved reading and discussing just how much shit rains down upon the head of an agent who stuffs up.
Switch to the three fourth year med students on 'section' in the Far North.
Had never even heard of the H&D Commission, much less read any decisions, reports or Commissioner recommendations.I wonder how far through their training do US med students learn about mal-practise?
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Sacha,
We crossed comments Sacha...I had heard about this...but godallbloodymighty...Judi's story is as bad as it gets.
Did she make a complaint?
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as parental Bolshie-levels rose towards 11
How often, I wonder, are the outcomes for the child proportional to the Bolshie levels of the parent?
I recall an A&E Head Honcho on telly years ago, after the death of a child who had received dismissive attention from a hospital A&E, saying that parents who felt their child's illness was not being taken seriously enough should kick up shit. Like, they don't really have those "We Will NOT Tolerate ANY Verbal Or Physical Abuse" signs all over the place. Like, "its kinda your fault we didn't take your child's meningitis seriously."
NB...I have read way too many Health and Disability Commissioner reports.
I get your point about consolidating expertise in one facility...but...are there any stats/research on how the presence of family affects outcomes for the child? Or the stress levels of family (with having to travel the length of the country, losing their jobs etc) affecting the child's recovery?
Surely with the Interweb, collaboration and consultation with experts all over the world should be possible...with patients being treated locally unless it is absolutely essential for them to travel.
And, another big difference twixt here and the US is that doctors and nurses who screw up over there get their asses sued. Here, they can stuff up, almost willfully, and we almost never even get to know which hospital they are working in, much less their names.