(18-08-2024, 06:29 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:(17-08-2024, 01:21 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: It is part of policy relating to beneficiaries. Check out the traffic lights system, this is one of the sanctions that can be applied to any beneficiary. Including the permanently disabled, who could be reclassified as being able to transition to work seeking status. If case managers decide. Case managers are not trained in assessing medical conditions, but that won't stop them trying...
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=885...0140061154
And here is another case, where case managers think they know more than a client's medical team.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5254...-sanctions
I think those case managers need better skills when dealing with people who are ill, & the system needs to change because if it doesn't then there's a possibility that people may die as a result, whether from their illness or from suicide.
Either this govt doesn't comprehend the damage which may result from their actions or they know all too well & just do not care.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)