Comments on: Dementia and the Challenge of Personalisation http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/12/dementia-and-the-challenge-of-personalisation/ a think-tank impacting policy on longevity, ageing and population change Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Leon Kreitzman http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/12/dementia-and-the-challenge-of-personalisation/#comment-95468 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:36 +0000 http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/12/dementia-and-the-challenge-of-personalisation/#comment-95468 There is a basic flaw in the personalisation agenda in that there is an automatic assumption that an individual's best interest is determined by the individual. That may not always be the case.The much-maligned 'professional' may well have a role to play. babies and bathwater come to mind. There is a basic flaw in the personalisation agenda in that there is an automatic assumption that an individual’s best interest is determined by the individual. That may not always be the case.The much-maligned ‘professional’ may well have a role to play.

babies and bathwater come to mind.

]]> by: Daniel Casson http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/12/dementia-and-the-challenge-of-personalisation/#comment-94115 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:42:57 +0000 http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/12/dementia-and-the-challenge-of-personalisation/#comment-94115 Sally Good thought piece. This is my personal opinion and not necessarily that of Jewish Care for whom I work. What will be needed if people with dementia are to access the direct payment scheme is a middle tier of facilitation organisations. This would introduce another level of administration which needs to be considered in assessing the financial viabilty of the whole system. Yours Daniel Casson Sally
Good thought piece. This is my personal opinion and not necessarily that of Jewish Care for whom I work. What will be needed if people with dementia are to access the direct payment scheme is a middle tier of facilitation organisations. This would introduce another level of administration which needs to be considered in assessing the financial viabilty of the whole system.

Yours

Daniel Casson

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