Mental Health Social Work and the Great Australian Ratbag Ep. 51
The Social Work Stories Podcast
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The Importance of Residential Aged Care
The client had no formal contact with any services except five years before this when he had a fall broke his hip and ended up in hospital. The psychiatrist started him on some antipsychotic medication but given his age it did have terrible side effects for an older gentleman. A week into the psychiatric medication there was quite a clear indication that the medication was too strong for him so the medication was reduced. He then hitchhiked across the Nalaba or back to the city that he was sent from through truck drivers who came back to theCity wasn't and there he was back again living in this little van in this little car. When the idea for residential aged care came up i often question the
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