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A dream?  Working together?  Who?  Why?  Where?  When?  How?

One day I had a dream, a dream of 24-hour Best Care 365 days of every year for all vulnerable people struggling to cope with conditions which daily blight their lives, sometimes from birth, sometimes after some personally traumatic event, sometimes for reasons as yet undiscovered.

Coordination, Collaboration, Cooperation - and Continuity

I had a dream of all the coordination, collaboration and cooperation needed to make this ongoing 24-hour Best Care a reality; coordination of all caregiving efforts - professional and more informal  care outwith treatment centres - by people working as a team to support the vulnerable and troubled person at the centre; collaboration to ensure continuity of care; cooperation between everyone involved in support efforts.

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I had a dream where these collaborative teams working in their individual circumstances not only supported the troubled people – they supported each other, sharing relevant information on the condition involved, on successful strategies already recognised for dealing with whatever difficult situations might arise, whenever and wherever they occurred.  They shared ideas to help the troubled individual towards changing and helping themselves; sharing resources and training.