Let Mike Stay In His Community
From Change.org:
My brother Mike is 47, a kind and gentle man. He has downs syndrome and now also dementia. Mike has lived with my mother for years but she is 67 and no longer able to care for him.
We’ve found a fantastic care home in Wigton, which is Mike’s hometown, close to our mum. They already look after three other people with learning disabilities and they’re willing to take him but the local authorities are saying no. That’s why I’ve started this petition so that Mike has a chance to be cared for in his community.
The authorities haven’t explained why Mike can’t stay at the home in Wigton, I worry it is bureaucracy or funding. Instead they have recommended a unit miles away that is for the elderly. But Mike isn’t elderly and he is part of the community in Wigton and deserves to be able to live near his friends and family.
The Government has repeatedly made promises that people with learning disabilities should be cared for in their community near to loved ones, not shut away miles from home in units. This is an opportunity to keep that promise for one family.
Next week we have a meeting with the local authorities, we want to show them the support that exists for people like Mike, with learning disabilities, to get good care close to home.
Please help me fight for my brother and keep my family today. Sign my petition to give Mike a chance here.
Thank you,
Jennifer
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it is beaurocratic policy as this is what was done years ago when isolation and segregation were the normal practices. Don’t allow this move of Mike to an elderly home, and continue the strong Advocacy efforts to put him in the home you know is best
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Reblogged this on Lindas Blog and commented:
Could this very worrying trend, which appears to be gathering pace be another form of ‘social cleansing’ covertly being pushed through by those who appear to wish us harm?
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Where do I sign?
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The link is in the sentence starting ‘Sign my petition…’.
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