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www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-23423541
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:17, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

The poor lad spent a couple of years in various high security unit because he kicked off once when he was in respite care, because they'd disturbed his routine and hadn't been arsed to find out what it actually was in the first place.
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:22, Reply)

To prove that Social Services were bullshitting and he was able to go home
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:25, Reply)

Profiteering, arse-covering and buzzwords.
Dementia care is the same.
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:29, Reply)

And yeah, there is lots of jargon in the paper work, but wher she has to write "social engagement" or "increasing independent skills" they were going for coffee with some other people and letting him try and do his own shopping supervised.
The jargon is not for the parents, it's to make sure careers can efficiently keep track of the help each kid is getting in which area.
The rest of the article is sad though, looks like poo care, or just misinformed care, but attacking the jargon is stupid.
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:31, Reply)

is mostly used to exclude the layman from what's happening. They seem to think if you don't understand what they're doing, you're more likely to respect it. It stems from the days when doctors were akin to gods.
That's not to say all practitioners feel that way, as I know most of them are just as sick of the jargon. But the people at the top who come up with this shit, they love it.
I used to work in an industry training centre. When we were applying for funding for our projects, the amount of bullshit jargon we had to use was ridiculous. It was all 'accessibility' and 'empowerment'.
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:39, Reply)

it often stems from a need to be specific about very complicated things. For example what I'm working on at the moment involves "real time, urgent care issue" "urgent care issue" and "fundamental breach of NHS standards" which all basically mean the same thing, but difference is
1 happening now witnessed by the person you got the information from.
2 Could be happening now but no direct evidence.
3 Happened in the past.
( , Thu 25 Jul 2013, 10:45, Reply)
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