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	My Blog : toni maguire Toni Maguire Terminally Ill Forced back into work? 20-Feb-12 13:40 Rumours have been flying around the net for many months about plans for benefit reform specifically relating to disabled people or those on long-term sickness benefits. I’ll be fair and say there probably are plenty of people out there who simply have a “bad back” or claim sickness or disability simply because it’s easier than finding work and then working harder to maintain a job. We hear plenty of stories about people being caught out, trouble is their often so skilled at faking it gets harder and harder to find the liars, which means that innocent people who are genuinely ill and unable to work are caught in the cross fire. With all the current changes in the Department of Work and pensions “definition of disabled” people who genuinely struggle with everyday life are being ordered to “get over it” and get on with it. But are the current changes suggested this week stooping to a whole new level? If these changes become a reality people with terminal illnesses with more than 6 months to live, accident and stroke victims and also those with mental health issues will be forced back into work, even if it be unpaid. A spokesman for Mind said “he was concerned that people with mental Health Problems would need a substantial amount of support to return to employment for a variety of reasons, stemming from complicated medical factors. We’re concerned that being pushed back into work could be damaging to their mental health” Individuals involved in the “Work Related Activity Group” could be forced to do unlimited work experience for charities, public bodies and high street shops. Non disabled jobseekers currently have to do a 6 month unpaid work for the Community Action Programme, a program which was designed to help the very long term unemployed. The Department of Work and Pensions claims that people going through these changes will be fully supported , with 300,000 WRAG claimants currently in the UK. There are significant concerns about whether staff in Job Centres will have the expertise to deal with work opportunities for the terminally ill, as well as major concerns about how the assessment will be handled. Compulsory work could also put pressure on some people’s already fragile health, which would be made worse by the threat of their only income being removed. Why not share your views in my forum and see what other people think too. Tags: About Care, Advice for Carers, Alzheimer's, Care in Rotherham, Dementia, Health in Rotherham, Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental health, Older People, Rotherham, Work, job next: "The Scooter Code" scheme launched this week. previous The "Take Good Care of Yourself Course" Subscribe to feed Print

How to create a Blog

Navigate to the blogs page, which can be located on the smaller navigation bar at the top of the page to the right of the main headers.

Once on the page at the top right will be a small stunt to ‘post a blog’, which will then take you to a small, short form to fill out your information.

The form has been made as user friendly as possible and requires only minimal information.

Start off by inputting your title. This can generally be a small or long as you want however, short titles are recommended and generally more eye catching.

Next you have the option to input a thumbnail image to give with your blog. These are not necessary, but again recommended in drawing attention.

Keyword tags – once you click on this box it will open up into a window were you can choose from a variety of different words or input your own in the top box. It is very important to fill this in with as many different words applicable to the content of your blog. This helps it appear in numerous places throughout the site and also ranks it higher up on a Google search. Separate each word with a comma and when you’re finished click the ‘Attach’ button which will return you back to the form with your keywords in place.

NOTE: If you wish to put a phrase or a string of words in together you will need to put them in speech marks as the function automatically breaks up words.
After this there is the option to add a main image, again this is not necessary but will appear at the top of your blog when people access it and can make it more engaging and interesting to view.

Next is the ‘ Blog Intro’ box where you can write an introduction to go with your blog that once listed, will display with your thumbnail (if you decide to add one) to entice readers to on the link to read your blog.

Following this is another box ‘Blog Entry’, where you can input your content. You can write directly into the box or copy and paste from a document into the box, just remember to space it out again afterwards.

After this your blog is complete and you can click the ‘Save’ button at the top of the page. After this your blog should appear in the listing on the Blogs page that you entered through and any other pages you tagged too.

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