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defectivemanbot

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:44:32 +1300

One of the biggest problems with reporting Disability Abuse is that either the victim is not believed or made out to be the Abuser , so double victimised , Myself and several other disabled people have been told when contacting the It's not OK people that we are blaming others…

Sacha

Tue, 20 Sept 2016 09:34:00 +1200

Nathan's mother talks to RNZ Morning Report (4 mins, audio options).

Sacha

Mon, 19 Sept 2016 16:38:24 +1200

what have the consequences of this negligent care been to the caregivers

They have to write a letter to the family saying sorry we killed your son. Wettest bus ticket ever.

Angela Hart

Mon, 19 Sept 2016 16:22:07 +1200

Two years later the HDC report agrees Rosemary, Nathan should never have been left alone in the bath, but two years down the track, what have the consequences of this negligent care been to the caregivers and their employer? Are the current crop of people being cared for in this…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:35:15 +1200

Two court cases about sexual abuse reported today reflect some issues of disability abuse. A school caretaker/ former principal was recently convicted of long term sexual abuse, including of disabled girls, and today got a long sentence. People are asking how this can have gone on for so long?

In…

Sacha

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:24:13 +1300

Creative Abilities

Ah, one of the large sheltered workshop outfits. Didn't know they ran housing as well.

Angela Hart

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:13:04 +1300

Todays news mentions the case Rosemary linked to.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/300425/no-charges-over-auckland-care-home-death

Care instructions were not followed and resulted in a death. But no charges will be laid, presumably because legal advice to the Police indicates that a conviction would be unlikely.
The problem is that we don’t have clear consequences for failure…

Rosemary McDonald

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:48:32 +1300

And this.

And here's the Health and Disability Commission report

Naming the provider...Creative Abilities and Associates Ltd

Hilary Stace

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:33:36 +1300

Thanks for those references

Rosemary McDonald

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:49:25 +1300

and ask whether they are the problem or can actually work with families to find proper community-based, person-centred solutions.

Here are decisions from the Health and Disability Commission re; complaints about mental health services about incidents until 2012.

And...

Families matter

Angela Hart

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:21:45 +1300

serious collaborative self-reflection and ask whether they are the problem or can actually work with families to find proper community-based, person-centred solutions.

I don't think much has changed in the way of achieving proper community based person centred solutions. One house move ago our neighbour's son jumped off the harbour…

Hilary Stace

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:53:13 +1300

Disability abuse continues. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/76314608/hutt-mental-health-unit-allowed-patient-to-go-awol-smoke-weed-before-his-death

Officials from mental health, disability support, district health boards really need to do some serious collaborative self-reflection and ask whether they are the problem or can actually work with families to find proper community-based, person-centred solutions.

Rosemary McDonald

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:38:18 +1300

It would appear, however, that there is some discrepancy between the initial statements made by IHC New Zealand (the owners of Idea Services in whose care Nathan drowned) and the IPCA report.

On the 14th January 2014 the Manawatu Standard reported...

Media spokeswoman Paula McArthur would not comment on whether…

Sacha

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:25:24 +1300

The root cause does seem to be thinking a disabled person is worth less – we get a constable rather than a senior detective, not worth all the fuss of doing their job and investigating and prosecuting, who's going to hold them up for it anyway, etc.

Rosemary McDonald

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:19:28 +1300

I'm putting this....http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/292666/mother-of-drowned-boy-says-justice-not-done here, kinda where it belongs, because it is disability abuse and its not ok.

Nathan Booker was left unsupervised in a bath 1/3rd to 1/2 full of water and he drowned.

This happened at a respite care facility in Palmerston North on the 10th January 2014.

Anyone…

Rosemary McDonald

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:02:31 +1300

Perhaps, there will be interest shown from our friends in MSN?

A great follow up story here. I actually wrote a MUCH larger comment last night, after doing a spot of google sleuthing...but I broke the PA preview function(ooops)...and had to edit rather savagely.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:06:08 +1300

Thanks for the reminder, Rosemary. Mihi Forbes was on to this issue when she was still with Native Affairs. But when media interest dissipates...

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:16:07 +1300

I am reviving this thread in the light of the publication on the Misery of Health website of the Developmental Evaluation Reports of disability support services.

One of the organisations featured in Kirsty Johnston's work on abuse and neglect at the hands of disability care providers is Te Roopu Taurima…

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:21:40 +1200

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."

Hilary Stace

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:18:40 +1200

The Minister has now said she herself will apologise to affected individuals, but she does not get that idea that the State allowed abuse, so the State must apologise. That means the PM and Governor General and formally and seriously. Plus ongoing restorative processes.

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:35:12 +1200

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…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:20:20 +1200

The issue of historic abuse won't go away. The Confidential Listening and Assistance Service has now been closed but their last report highlights numerous examples of abuse and injustice (clever journalist embedded link to OIA'd report in this article). This government doesn't care but a future one will have to…

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:39:44 +1300

Ahem...as I said in my last post, on the Coast (Gisborne/East Coast/ Eastern BOP) family carers being paid (through a MOH Contracted Provider) is as common as not. This also applies to the Far North. Both areas have a number of Maori Providers (even pre Whanau Ora) who routinely pay…

Hilary Stace

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:20:24 +1300

His research was done last year before the funded family care came in.

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:10:20 +1300

Thanks Hilary, saves me trawling the net on an old and unfamiliar computer(we got burgled yesterday).

Michael Roguski speaks with some feeling. I must have read dozens of papers recounting experiences such as he relates....but to hear the words said out loud...very moving.

Having family members as paid carers is…

Hilary Stace

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:58:17 +1300

Recording of disability abuse conference in Gisborne on Monday now available through this site. http://www.hewawata.co.nz/live/

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:57:18 +1300

Some time ago, while travelling far from the madding crowd, one of the offspring phoned us to let us know that a Debbie someone had been on Natrad speaking out about the lack of participation from some of the 'advocates' for victims of domestic violence and the disabled. She acknowledged…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:19:10 +1300

The first hour was pretty unsatisfactory with technical problems and then I had to go but it is going to be available online soon. I would like to hear what Debbie Hager said as she is working at that intersection between disability and violence (and that Hager family are always…

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:02:15 +1300

I stumbled accross that last week Hilary...made a mental note to sit in...got busy, and promptly forgot.

Did you participate? Any standout results/statements?

I would be particularly interested if there was an undertaking to act on the reccommndations from the Putting People First report....especially about attitudes of staff in facilities…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:59:11 +1300

Cane and able...
Since this article Graeme Innes the Australian Disability Rights Commissioner has had his position disestablished by the Abbott government.
Such forward thinking by Abbott's Government doesn't surprise me, after all he made himself Minister of Women's Affairs!

Hilary Stace

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:55:02 +1300

He Wawata conference to address the issues raised in the Roguski report is on in Gisborne today 15 December. All proceedings will be available on line

Lots of issues being raised such as the requirements for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be reflected in…

Rosemary McDonald

Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:45:49 +1200

"ILF recipient Kevin Caulfield said: "Changes brought in by this government herald the end of independent living for disabled people and the return to a segregated society where disabled people are warehoused away.

"Ironically, at a time when the public is up in arms about abuse in care homes, current…

Angela Hart

Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:35:37 +1200

Thanks Hilary, I went looking to see how well the media covered this occupation and found this piece. It provides an understanding of what a well supported high needs life can look like, and the education and social life it enables for this young woman, who can realise her potential…

Hilary Stace

Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:49:43 +1200

Disabled people in the UK are occupying Westminster . Fighting back.

Sacha

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:18:22 +1200

New Zealand Disability Support Network

to clarify for other readers, this is the main organisation representing the interests of disability support service provider organisations.

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:01:35 +1200

Kirsty Johnston richly deserves the Cannon Award for her articles on the treatment of vulnerable disabled at the hands of MOH contracted providers. The input of Colin Burgering from the Justice Action Group must also be acknowledged.

The reaction from Claire Teague from the New Zealand Disability Support Network disgust…

Rosemary McDonald

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:39:12 +1200

Thanks Hilary...I confess to having only heard the "commended the courage of disabled people ." bit on the radio when the report was released, hadn't realised that Tariana's spin doctors had gone to so much trouble to put such an inappropriately positive spin on what is actually a damning report.…

Hilary Stace

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:46:19 +1200

Tariana Turia's press release from June 2013 on the Roguski report.

Rosemary McDonald

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:15:03 +1200

Funny that the Tairawhiti report is the topic of conversation here. In the absence of reliable internetconnectivity whilst on the road I have been keeping my three brain cells stimulated by reading some of the reports on my hard drive. I remember the Roguski report's release....again we were on the…

Angela Hart

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:34:30 +1200

From the Glenn Report
"There is still a need for further work to better understand, for example, the experiences and realities of those affected by child abuse and domestic violence who also have disabilities, are Pacific or Asian, are associated with gangs, or are in same-sex relationships."
2.3% of contributors…

Sacha

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:00:57 +1200

July apparently

Angela Hart

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:28:37 +1200

me too, but no doubt that will be after the election.

Sacha

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:46:48 +1200

analysis

might not be much of that to give at this stage. I'm more interested in the later stuff about needs and barriers.

Angela Hart

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:51:58 +1200

Yes, there was a lot of disinformation on projected numbers. The obvious way to assess the potential numbers was/is to use the MSD's Supported Living Payment numbers for caregivers and take out the spouses. There may be others who wish to shift from IF or residential services, but those would…

Sacha

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:46:31 +1200

I believe he would have been interested in projected numbers who might be eligible for support, not on the answers about perceptions of whether it was provided. And yes, the detail about needs is released later. I'm having some trouble usefully untangling some of the numbers in what has been…

Angela Hart

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:27:13 +1200

aaah! He would've known the existing liability and that in the narrow, bent and dented FFC pipe so must've been interested in the results from Q3.
"To what extent are the needs of disabled people currently being met? What level and type of support do they need to perform everyday…

Sacha

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:07:02 +1200

and the guy is an accountant
#howmany #howmuch

Hilary Stace

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:30:54 +1200

The May Budget.

Angela Hart

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:24:33 +1200

In March 2014, we received a special and urgent data request from the Ministry of Health for embargoed provisional data from the 2013 Disability Survey. The data required was to inform their minister on policy-cost estimates for funded family care of disabled people.

Which is really, really odd because the…

Hilary Stace

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:39:02 +1200

I notice that it estimates intellectual disability at 2%. That's about 80,000+ people. Previous estimates have been 30-50,000. So that is a significantly larger number.

Sacha

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:22:31 +1200

Depends what sort of useful. :)

The background notes mention an advance copy of the data being supplied to help the government design its limited funded family care policy.

In March 2014, we received a special and urgent data request from the Ministry of Health for embargoed provisional data from…

Hilary Stace

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:55:17 +1200

Looking forward to that. We have been waiting a long time for this data (ages since our last disability census and that was a bit limited). Hope this new one is going to be useful.

Sacha

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:24:24 +1200

I'll have a post on the disability survey tomorrow – preview here.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:06:56 +1200

Met Michael Roguski and David Russell today, authors of reports mentioned in this post. Both still doing good relevant work in the field. David Russell now involved with the investigation into Te Roopu Taurima Trust.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:03:12 +1200

First disability data from the 2013 census released. No longer one in five, now one in four with an impairment. http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilities/DisabilitySurvey_HOTP2013.aspx

Russell Brown

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:29:05 +1200

One of the early lessons in setting up the It’s Not OK campaign was that we can focus on better behaviours rather than waiting for attitudes to catch up.

The big win with It's Not OK was the joined-up campaign. When the TV campaign launched there was supporting information, numbers…

Sacha

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:38:23 +1200

One of the early lessons in setting up the It's Not OK campaign was that we can focus on better behaviours rather than waiting for attitudes to catch up.

Cracking down meaningfully on abuse does not mean more handwaving. Real enforcement by agencies who supposedly act on behalf of all…

Karen Adams

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:15:24 +1200

Thanks for posting. It's an area of slow moving change. More coverage in media/blogs etc might speed up the change in attitude.

Angela Hart

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:23:20 +1200

Yes, the suggestion of an all party accord to come up with decent plans to address domestic violence ( as was done for the elderly so that they at least have a reasonable minimum income now) is a sensible one. I'd like to see these accords across all the areas…

Hilary Stace

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:38:30 +1200

I think the Glenn inquiry has some similar things to say about domestic violence.

Angela Hart

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:28:07 +1200

thanks Hilary, a really broad overview with several links to valuable further information. What else needs to change? Off the top of my head – Attitudes-
I'm about to dive into the Roguski Report you linked to- will have more to say later :-)

Public Address

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:28:07 +1200

Discussion from blog post.