Help for your loved ones
In our so called ‘information overload age’, it’s surreal that we can’t find the information we need.
What I mean by need is when a loved one
(young or not so young) needs to find out what they are entitled to from the
government, or what services and gadgets are available to make disability
easier, or even what latest drug has come on the market that could make a
difference.
Where is the most common place to find this
information? .........
No not the internet, social services or
medics. It’s with others who are in the
same boat. Other parents who have a
child with special needs, other adults with an ageing parent, other people with
the same illness or disability.
How crazy is that? Many in an informed position don’t even think
to suggest something that can make life easier.
Equally there seems to be no cohesion between various government bodies,
doctors or commercially available services.
We need to encourage people in positions of
responsibility to think outside the box, to look at each individual case and
really take time for a bit of creative thought and not just slip into
auto-pilot.
People aren’t about process, they represent
a unique set of questions and circumstances.
And if we get this right everyone will feel and be so much better
off. The person with the problem will
benefit enormously and the person offering a more rounded helping hand will
feel great that they managed to make a real difference.
Some social psychologists argue that there
is no such thing as altruism because the person being altruistic gets something
out of it. So what! Isn’t it better for the giver and the
receiver to feel great?
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