Systemic | Relational
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1. barriers or burdens caused
by systems and bureaucracy
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Inaccessible and inflexible processes and decision making.
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Poor or damaging assessment processes with little clarity about what to expect.
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Lack of information or explanation about entitlements, staff roles, available support and limitations.
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Burdensome personal budget administration.
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Inaccessible or intimidating complaints processes.
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Having no access to or knowledge of care plans.
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Problems with care plan reviews.
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Excessive pressure to demonstrate need or not being believed.
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Support plan and care budget decisions delayed due to bureaucratic processes.
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Administrative errors.
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System inability to address multiple or ‘complex’ needs.
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Poor working conditions and high turnover of staff leading to problems with continuity.
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Lack of appropriately qualified and trained staff.
"The whole process of applying for social care has been very brutal. And it’s been very harming...that level of animosity and not being believed [and] your integrity, your account questioned."
"They make decisions without...involving the people who it directly involves, so not the carers, not the patients, they just make the decisions sitting behind closed doors."
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